"Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orientâ€”dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of it, describing it, by teaching it, settling it, ruling over it: in short, Orientalism as a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient."

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Source : Orientalism introduction (1978)

Edward Said

#Teaching Quotes #Views Quotes #Style Quotes

“My favorite records are not easy - they're not records that reveal everything to you the first time out.”
“The very fact that a man is thankful implies someone to be thankful to.”
“For me Greece is Maria Farantouri. This is how I imagined Goddess Hera to be: strong, pure and vigilant. I have never encountered any other artist able to give me such a strong sense of the divine.”

Source : "'L'Abeille et l'architecte' ('The Bee and the Architect')". Book by François Mitterrand, 1980.
“Kind words are the music of the world.”
“Another part of the rejection I mention was the realisation that Buddhism quite simply ignores or dismisses a whole hemisphere of human experience that finds expression in and is enshrined by the mystery religions.”
“The key to spontaneous wit is an unburdened mind.”
“So how as a nation can we sit around and eat Mexican food, and drink beer and make friends? That's the question. If we can do that on a broader scale, I think we'll come out of it all right.”
“I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom.”

Source : "March 24: Michael Bloomberg, Wayne LaPierre, David Boies, Richard Engel, Ralph Reed, Hilary Rosen, E.J. Dionne, David Brooks". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. March 24, 2013.

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