"I think a lot of concern of the people in the north is that one hears constant reports in talking to them is about militarisation and the presence of the army, the entry of the army into civic life, into the economy, the lack of a political settlement."

-- Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

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“It is not surprising that most Pakistanis do not support America's bombardment of Afghanistan. The Afghans are neighbours on the brink of starvation and devastated by war. America has shown itself to be untrustworthy, a superpower that uses its values as a scabbard for its sword.”
“Every time I reach a new audience, that means I'm doing something right.”
“Journalists should think of themselves as outside the Establishment, and owners can't be too worried about what they're told at their country clubs.”
“You, yesterday, did the usual things, just as any day, You don't know if it's worth remembering. You would prefer to remember, there lying in the half-darkness of the bedroom, not what has happened already but what is going to happen. In your half-darkness your eyes would prefer to look ahead, not behind, and they do not know how to foresee the past.”
“The Wars is a great book, rich in its images, its language, its construction, and, ultimately, its conception.”
“Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”
“My mother was a schoolteacher and very keen that I go to a city school, so although it was fairly impoverished times, I traveled every day to the Auckland Grammar School.”
“I remain convinced that the most valuable use of time for a newly published author is to write a second book that's even better than the first, and a third that's better than the second, and on and on.”

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