"It was very difficult to write about my own country, because I have always been the outsider looking in."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Asne Seierstad

#Country Quotes #Writing Quotes #Outsiders Quotes

“His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.”
“If you want to stand out from the crowd, give people a reason not to forget you”
“Children tend to be rather better observers of adults' characters than adults are of children's, because children are so dependent on adults that it is very much in their interest to discover the weaknesses of their elders.”

Source : Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.315, Simon and Schuster
“If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula.”
“The secret of praying is praying in secret.”
“The most valuable asset a nation has is the creativity of its children.”
“The Founding Fathers were nothing more than a bunch of snobby English shits.”
“All we can do is evaluate what we see in practice.”

Source : Source: beachcarolina.com

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