"I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself."

-- F. Sionil JosÃ©

#Bored Quotes #Listening Quotes #Want Quotes

“War is a sin. War is the highest degree of immorality. War is inhuman insanity for it kills sacred human lives wholesale. How can there still be any war on our miraculous planet?”
“You are what you wear. I wear something different everyday.”
“There are millions of animal species but, man is the only animal capable of destroying them all.”
“Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the bamboo's shadow, One sometimes hears the pieces being moved.”

Source : Bai Juyi, “On The Lake (1)”
“I see certain parallels between the debate over feminism where some women argue that women should not be forced to stay at home and take care of children [and debate about hijab]. And there are other women who are saying you are criticizing my decision as a free liberated women to stay home and take care of my children.”

Source : "The Case Against Wearing Hijab To Support Muslim Women". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. December 22, 2015.
“One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.”
“Through transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt.”
“Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.”

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