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Read quote“We were becoming so used to the morbidity around us. So when the abduction of those girls happened, I was determined not to allow my society to move on.”
Read quote“Then Mayberry became a living town.”
Read quote“Fuera de cámara he aprendido a reírme de mí mismo para sobrevivir.”
Read quote“世間から何といわれても自分の思うところは一歩も枉げない、知己は百年の後に一人得ればよい”
Read quote“我觉得我的一生好像也很幸福，也没有什么捉弄、什么渡劫，我对名利看得很淡。”
Read quote“As indigenous peoples, we say, we are not different than the rest of the species, we are only one species of nature.”
Read quote“I live for the sound of people singing together.”
Read quote“Crises are important; nations are made in crises; leaders are made in crises.”
Read quote“I am firmly convinced that it is along this path that the great international art of cinematography will make its further progress.”
Read quote“To wish to accomplish it without conflict is to deceive oneself and others.”
Read quote“A donde no alcance el telescopio, la razón alcanza.”
Read quote“Marilah kita bersatu dengan tidak membeza-bezakan sama ada kita datang dari Bugis, dari Banjar, dari Jawa, dari Bali, dari Sumatera.”
Read quote“The Government may imprison me, it can fling hundreds and thousands into jail and concentration camps, but it cannot and it will not suppress the demand for freedom.”
Read quote“I don’t think there is a formula for success, but I think there’s a common denominator in that strong passion for what you are doing.”
Read quote“I'm very conscious of belonging to the country I do, which is a very powerful country.”
Read quote““The idea is to get input from all who are concerned about the issue of public housing.””
Read quote“It seems that as the turbine is the most efficient prime mover known, it will be developed for aircraft.”
Read quote“Through the music I sing.”
Read quote“In his view virtue lies not in caution in avoiding errors but in ruthlessness in eliminating them.”