"Peaceable times are the best to live in, though not so proper to furnish materials for a writer."

-- Joseph Addison

#Authorship Quotes #Materials Quotes

“My conscience is informed by reason. It's like Kant's categorical imperative: behave to others as you would wish they behaved to you.”
“I deserved kisses. I deserved to be treated like a piece of meat but also respected for my intellect.”
“You will always take first place inÂ Godâ€™s Heart.”
“The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves.”
“Thatâ€™s the first step to learning: admitting what you donâ€™t know.”
“He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. "But you're..." "Pretty? Think again." She smiled. "I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind is very ugly. And I'm taking your car.”
“The usual way the people are taught to think in amerika is that each subject is in a little compartment and has no relation to any other subject.Â For the most part, we receive fragments of unrelated knowledge, and our education follows no logical format or pattern.Â It is exactly this kind of education that produces people who donâ€™t have the ability to think for themselves and who are easily manipulated.”
“Afghans think the burqa is a permanent part of culture. But, if you bring it to Europe, how would people react? Afghanistan doesn't want to change its culture, but it can change, all the time. So why are Afghans giving so much value to it? The burqa is not natural. It's not human nature.”

Source : "Afghan graffiti artist risks her life to challenge the burqa under the Taliban". Interview with Katie Booth, womenintheworld.com. May 21, 2015.

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