"I am the East. I have philosophies, I have religions, who would exchange them for airplanes?"

-- Ameen Rihani

#Philosophy Quotes #Airplane Quotes #East Quotes

“Forgiveness is not saying that the one who hurt you was right. Forgiveness is stating that God is faithful and he will do what is right.”
“Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities. A scream is not a discovery.”
“It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am deeply concerned that Sri Lanka, despite the opportunity provided by the end of the war to construct a new vibrant, all-embracing state, is showing signs of heading in an increasingly authoritarian direction.”
“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”
“I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves.”
“happy people have got something to give to the world.”

Source : Patricia Wentworth (1953). “Vanishing point”
“Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.”

Source : "The Elephant in The Interview" by Jenny Trout, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 22, 2014.

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