"Do not underestimate the human being, who sometimes appears so simple. Even with sight as sharp as an eagle, a mind as sharp as a razor, senses more powerful than gods, hearing that can catch the music and the lamentations of life, your knowledge of humanity will never be total."

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Source : Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1991). “This Earth of Mankind”, William Morrow

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

#Powerful Quotes #Simple Quotes #Eagles Quotes

“Let the other fellow get the headlines. I'll take the laws.”
“Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender applies to them: that it's a subject for girls.”
“A lot of times students will come up to me and say, "Well, I can't write because I don't know what I think about such-and-such." And I say, "That's why you have to write." You don't wait until you know, because then who cares - it's static.”

Source : Nashville Review Interview, as.vanderbilt.edu. December 1, 2012.
“The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom.”

Source : "A Sermon for the West". Oriana Fallaci's address to an audience at the American Enterprise Institute, October 22, 2002.
“What I care about is whether or not a leader will work with America's working people, whether or not a leader cares about responsibility and honest work and whether or not a leader will fight to keep the American Dream alive.”
“Ambition is a passion, at once strong and insidious, and is very apt to cheat a man out of his happiness and his true respectability of character”
“I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I'm continuing to try to find new ways to play in a song or be in a song and have a positive impact on a song.”
“Celebrities have more influence to be able to reach out to people, but people are becoming famous on Facebook and social media every day.”

Source : "Shemar Moore Talks to S&A About Crowdfunding Over $630,000 for His Next Film, Color in Casting, and More". Interview With Jai Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. August 6, 2013.

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