"It's a false illusion that we wake up thinking of who we are in terms of identity and that we are stuck in the boundaries of who we are nationalistically."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Elia Suleiman

#Thinking Quotes #Identity Quotes #Wake Up Quotes

“It ["The Ancient Mariner"] is marvellous in its mastery over that delightfully fortuitous inconsequence that is the adamantine logic of dreamland.”
“I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, never read.”
“I have a rule for working out if the root problem of something is, in fact, sexism. And it is this: asking 'Are the boys doing it? Are the boys having to worry about this stuff? Are the boys the centre of a gigantic global debate on this subject?”
“Yogi Bear changed my life in ways that I can't explain because it's not a full feature on me.”

Source : "Because T.J. Miller is a Funny Functioning Drunk". Interview with Amos Barshad, www.gq.com. July 27, 2011.
“Even if your company’s financial condition can withstand the inefficiency of quality service, your brand likely won’t.”
“I tried Zen and Ching, numerology, tarot cards and astrology. I tried to look back into the Bible, and could not find anything. At this time I did not know anything about Islam, and then, what I regarded as a miracle occurred. My brother had visited the mosque in Jerusalem, and was greatly impressed that while on the one hand it throbbed with life.”
“The higher the stakes, the happier I am, the better I will be.”
“Life is cruel. Why should the afterlife be any different? I offer you a choice. Join my crew...and postpone the judgment. One hundred years before the mast. Will ye serve?”

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