"People who look the other way when they see these war criminals are smaller criminals themselves."

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Source : "Young member of Afghan Parliament speaks out against warlord colleagues" by Halima Kazem, www.sfgate.com. March 28, 2006.

Malalai Joya

#War Quotes #People Quotes #Criminals Quotes

“I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together.”
“For those moments when it's just you and the rock and the ice and the snow, life always makes sense.”
“Just as the line of astronomical thinkers from Copernicus to Newton had destroyed the old astronomy, in which the earth was the center, and the Almighty sitting above the firmament the agent in moving the heavenly bodies about it with his own hands, so now a race of biological thinkers had destroyed the old idea of a Creator minutely contriving and fashioning all animals to suit the needs and purposes of man.”

Source : Andrew Dickson White (2012). “A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom: From Creation to the Victory of Scientific and Literary Methods”, p.49, Transaction Publishers
“I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are licking peanut butter off my face.”
“You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.”
“a towering intellect, grand in its achievements, and glorious in its possibilities, may, with the moral and spiritual faculties held in abeyance, be one of the most dangerous and mischievous forces in the world.”
“Fostering your sense of creativity can give you feelings of freedom, delight and passion. It can help you see your life in a new light and help you to tackle situations that you thought were hopeless. When you express yourself through creative action you find gifts such as: happiness, self worth, healing, and inner joy.”
“I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.”

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