"We are living in modern times throughout the world and yet are dominated by medieval minds."

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Source : Eqbal Ahmad, David Barsamian (2017). “Confronting Empire”, p.87, Haymarket Books

Eqbal Ahmad

#Mind Quotes #World Quotes #Medieval Quotes

“If you took this thing on yourself, unwilling, at others' asking, then you have pity and honour from me. And I marvel at you: to keep it hid and not to use it. You are a new people and a new world to me. Are all your kin of like sort? Your land must be a realm of peace and content, and there must gardners be in high hounour.”
“The labour party is like a stage-coach. If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.”
“When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.”
“Quickness is the essence of the war.”
“Wine gives you liberty, love takes it away.”

Source : 1675 The Country Wife, act 1, sc.1.
“Even though their arguments did not invoke religion, I think we all know what's behind these arguments. They're trying to protect religious beliefs from contradiction by science. They used to do it by prohibiting teachers from teaching evolution at all; then they wanted to teach intelligent design as an alternative theory; now they want the supposed "weaknesses" in evolution pointed out. But it's all the same program - it's all an attempt to let religious ideas determine what is taught in science courses.”
“I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.”

Source : Live Chat, www.newyorker.com. August 23, 2011.
“If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.”

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