"Even if you reject everything, it is always better to know what it is you are rejecting."

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Source : Tariq Ali (2003). “The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity”, p.16, Verso

Tariq Ali

#Rejects Quotes

“People spend thousands of dollars on stereos. Sometimes tens of thousands. There is a specialist industry right here in the States which builds stereo gear to a standard you wouldn't believe. Tubed amplifiers which cost more than a house. Speakers taller than me. Cables thicker than a garden hose. Some army guys had that stuff. I'd heard it on bases around the world. Wonderful. But they were wasting their money. Because the best stereo in the world is free. Inside your head. It sounds as good as you want it to. As loud as you want it to be.”

Source : Lee Child (2006). “Killing Floor: A Jack Reacher Novel”, p.48, Penguin
“Stone tools are fossilized human behavior.”
“What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way.”
“I do not believe in mixing of the races. You can quote me. I don't believe in it, and I never have. I've never changed. I've never changed my hair. I've never changed my color, I have always been proud of myself, and my fans are proud of me for remaining the way I've always been. I married a white man one time, but he was a creep”
“The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.”
“U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to â€œdeclare war.”

Source : Marvin Kalb (2013). “The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed”, p.1904, Brookings Institution Press
“The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.”
“Our testimonies, like . . . trees, must be built on a sure foundation, deeply rooted in the gospel of Jesus Christ, so that when the winds and rains come into our lives, as they surely will, we will be strong enough to weather the storms that rage about us.”

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