"Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room."

-- Mahmoud Darwish

#House Quotes #Rooms Quotes #Exile Quotes

“We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.”

Source : Harry Kalven, Learned Hand (1967). “The Supreme Court as legislator: the contribution of an independent judiciary to civilization : an address”
“We can continue to fight. We can continue to kill - and continue to be killed. But we can also try to put a stop to this never-ending cycle of blood. We can also give peace a chance.”
“Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you.”
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.”
“So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for very long.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I don't think about people watching me on TV. I think it would stress me out.”
“The emotional security and political stability in this country entitle us to be a nuclear power.”
“I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.”

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