"Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too."

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Source : "'John Walker's Blues' meets the boos". www.cnn.com. July 23, 2002.

Steve Earle

#Real Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Taliban Quotes

“The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.”
“What is a barrier to one person to creativity is a springboard for another. And the thing that makes the difference from one person or another is how they deal with and are affected by their inner voice of blame and criticism, so-called the VOJ or Voice of Judgment.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“There are parts of the country in America, in the Midwest, where wind is a big resource, and we should absolutely use it. But to try and apply it nationally doesn't make sense. There are technologies that will work that are appropriate to certain regions.”
“For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.”
“When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.”

Source : "George Steinbrenner: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. July 13, 2010.
“Crazy isnÂ´t always what they say it is. ItÂ´s not always the old woman wearing sneakers and a skirt and a scarf, wandering around with a shopping cart, hollering at no one, nothing, tumbling through years in her head. No. Sometimes it is a girl wearing boots and jeans and a sweater, arms crossed in front of her, shivering, wandering through the streets at night, all night, murmuring to no one, nothing, tumbling through the strange unreal dimensions in her head.”
“Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.”
“The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to yield subjection to him. From whence it follows that as soon as the prince sets himself above the law, he loses the king in the tyrant. He does, to all intents and purposes, un-king himself.”

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