"I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease."

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Source : Emmanuel Jal (2009). “War Child: A Child Soldier's Story”, p.188, Macmillan

Emmanuel Jal

#Fighting Quotes #Soldier Quotes #Paper Quotes

“Genre/forms are institutional questions mainly. Like matter to MFA programs in terms of which workshop you can teach.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would tax Botox. When Botox users heard this, they were horrified. Well, I think they were horrified. It's difficult to tell.”
“The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses.”
“Some of the best indicators of a country developing along the right lines are healthy mothers giving birth to healthy children who are assured of good care and a sound education that will enable them to face the challenges of a changing world.”
“communication is such a two-edged sword for guys. On the one hand, they almost always mean what they say. Refreshing, I know. On the other hand, getting them to actually say it can be like coaxing a corpse to tap-dance. Not that it can't be done. But it's so freaking exhausting. Not to mention the cost in heavyweight fishing line and Savion Glover videos.”
“I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.”

Source : Interview with the Pioneer of Musique Concrete, vol. 2, n° 1, 1987.
“One can be a full-fledged Christian and at the same time, enjoy the reality of a universal spiritual truth.”
“When one is anxious only to live, he easily, in this solicitude, forgets the enjoyment of life. If his only concern is for life, and he thinks "if I only have my dear life," he does not apply his full strength to using, i. e., enjoying, life.”

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