Read quote“I faced imminent death at the age of 13 during partition. Yet, I managed to survive. Thereafter, I feared nothing in life.”
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Read quote“We cannot tell in advance which research will have an impact. It must all be encouraged for its own sake.”
Read quote“The emotions of the poem determine the form.”
Read quote“你们不但学艺，而且要学做人。”
Read quote“정말 중요한 기사를 정당하게 소비해 줄 시민사회가 우리에겐 있다.”
Read quote“Futebol não é ganhar ou jogar bem, mas jogar bem para ganhar.”
Read quote“Saya kecewa, tak patut buat begitu.”
Read quote““If you’re not extremely coordinated, you can pick up half court tennis much faster than you would regular tennis.””
Read quote“What I am suggesting here is not a “reductionism” or “minimalism”.”
Read quote“I feel like I’m in such a pivotal stage, not only as an artist but as a woman. Every day I’m on a new page.”
Read quote“The most important thing was to make money.”
Read quote“& the light, the glorious light!”
Read quote“For the first time, Asians are thinking what Christianity is all about and what it means to Asian people and cultures.”
Read quote“Keinginanku sebenarnya bukanlah sekedar meminta ruang kaum ibu dalam surat kabar Oetusan Melajoe yang bapak pimpin, tetapi ... penerbitan yang istimewa untuk kaum perempuan.”
Read quote“I say Filipino music instead, which means music from the past or the way to the future.”
Read quote“My work is about these kinds of paradoxes.”
Read quote“I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size.”
Read quote“What must be done, time runs out.”
Read quote“A regime that has become politically bankrupt. They've painted themselves into a corner and they don't know how to get out of that corner.”
Read quote“I knew that music was my language, that music would take me to see the world, would take me to other lands.”