"And this indifference is still very much present in modern South Africa. Just listen to Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer - a representative of the British elite in this country: Afrikaner women are lower than rats, closer related to plants, just fit enough to be raped in an act of genus preservation."

-- Nadine Gordimer

#Country Quotes #Rats Quotes #Winner Quotes

“There is no final solution to loneliness until you recognize that you need the resources which are in yourself to enpy, within limits, being alone being the kind of person that you like to be with, and reaching out to others, not in a grasping way, but in an attempt to be meaningful and loving and of service in their lives.”
“The journals want the papers that make the sexiest claims. And scientists believe that the way you succeed is having splashy papers in Science or Nature - it's not bad for them if a paper turns out to be wrong, if it's gotten a lot of attention.”
“Faith is the wors curse of mankind, as the exact antithesis and enemy of thought.”
“If people don't like me, I become very plain.”
“Where I come from revolution is the only creation, and the revolutionary the only artist.”
“I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and not even know you're in it.”
“Lily whiteâ€™s petals are at my feet anticipating the moment in which adventure and odyssey meet.”
“If we pick recognition over influence we'll be known for all the wrong stuff.”

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