"My intention was to grapple with the metaphysical meaning behind Scheherazade and present that meaning in its essence. Scheherazade is the symbol of the savior. She weaves tales not to save her own life, but to save humanity from its unending retributive response to injury."

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Source : "Alonzo King: Dancing Between the Lines". Interview with Fisher Jack, www.eurweb.com. June 17, 2013.

Alonzo King

#Essence Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Injury Quotes

“There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age that the honorable term 'conservatism' can be appropriated to disguise the advocacy of a powerful, lawless, aggressive and violent state, a welfare state for the rich dedicated to a lunatic form of Keynesian economic intervention that enhances state and private power while mortgaging the country's future.”
“The reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 02, 2014
“The American way of life, as I see it, is really the American way of death. Everything is determined by greed and the insatiable desire to be the richest and most powerful. And that desire is limitless.”
“To the question, What shall we do to be saved in this World? there is no other answer but this, Look to your Moat.”
“Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.”
“It is a curious property of research activity that after the problem has been solved the solution seems obvious.”
“There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be.”
“We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.”

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