"For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories."

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Source : Tahir Shah (2009). “In Arabian Nights”, p.9, Random House

Tahir Shah

#Country Quotes #Father Quotes #Listening Quotes

“I do, kind of, spend a lot. And just on stupid things. Because I don't really know what to do. What are you supposed to do? Um. It just seems like way too much. We don't deserve it, at all, for what we do.”
“I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive.”
“Love was the result of having caught a glimpse of another's loneliness.”
“I want Americans to know that GuantÃ¡namoâ€‹ happened not to monsters, but to men. Innocent men.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.”
“Most of society's decision making for young people happens without young people, and that could not happen without adultcentrism.”
“I would rather be a transformed ape than a degenerate son of Adam.”
“Maybe they'd use biological or chemical weapons instead. Maybe they'd crash the world economy. Maybe they'd turn every program on television into one of those reality shows." "That's mostly done already, Harry." "Oh. Well. I've got to believe that the world is worth saving anyway.”

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