"In cities it is useless to look at the stars or to describe them, worship them, or seek direction from them. When lost, one should follow the tracks of the camels."

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Source : Rawi Hage (2013). “Carnival: A Novel”, p.131, W. W. Norton & Company

Rawi Hage

#Stars Quotes #Cities Quotes #Track Quotes

“The greatness of a culture can be found in its festivals”

Source : "Dark Rooms: A Saga". Book by Siddharth Katragadda, 2002.
“This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.”
“I love truthful songs that tell a story and talk about people and their lives. If a song calls for a tear, then we will cry. If a song calls for a smile, then we will laugh. That is what I like to do.”
“California had its first medical ***** job fair. Over 2 million people meant to show up.”
“If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.”
“We're the guys who, if someone says you really shouldn't do an episode making fun of Scientologists, we say, 'Whatever.' Someone says, 'They might come try to burn your house down,' we say, 'We'll just get another one.'”
“Complete and accurate surveillance as a means of control is probably a practical impossibility. What is much more likely is a loss of privacy and constant inconvenience as the wrong people gain access to information, as one wastes time convincing the inquisitors that one is in fact innocent, or as one struggles to untangle the errors of the errant machine.”

Source : Victor C. Ferkiss (1969). “Technological Man: The Myth and the Reality”
“I like some of the young guys like Senator Thune. He's a guy that looks good. He's very articulate, he's very smart, and he truly is a public servant.”

Source : "Conservative Senator John Boozman Says No Thanks to Tea Party Caucus" by Jonathan Karl, abcnews.go.com. February 11, 2011.

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