Origin Quotes
Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole bond, which originally made, and must still preserve the unity of the empire.
Gaël Faye
The goals of feminism can never be achieved through evolution, but only through revolution. Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle.
Anita Nair
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[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000196/files/975_15935.html Japanese original text] of Hōjōki on Aozora Bunko
Chōmei Kamo
America stands armed with resolution and virtue; but she still recoils at the idea of drawing the sword against the nation from whom she derived her origin. Yet Britain, like an unnatural parent, is ready to plunge her dagger into the bosom of her affectionate offspring.
Mercy Otis Warren
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I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn't make a difference, I would still be waiting to get cremated.
Gao Xingjian
The thieves may be able to follow the design plans and produce a loom. But we are modifying and improving our looms every day. They do not have the expertise gained from the failures it took to produce the original. We need not be concerned. We need only continue as always, making our improvements.
Sakichi Toyoda
[http://www.chinesetolearn.com/lu-xuns-life-literary-work-and-quotes/ Lu Xun's quotes in Chinese original, pinyin, and English translation] at chinesetolearn.com
Zhou Xun
In the locus of emptiness, beyond the human standpoint, a world of "dependent origination" is opened up in which everything is related to everything else. Seen in this light, there is nothing in the world that arises from "self-power" and yet all "self-powered" workings arise from the world.
Nishida Kitarō
[http://www.poesia-inter.net/indexpn.htm Original poems] - It includes some translations and audio files. All poems are sourced
Pablo Neruda
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His poems generally known as the Luzumiyat arrest attention by their boldness and originality as well as by the sombre and earnest tone which pervades them.
Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī
Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for co-operation with oneself.
Bertrand Russell
Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind of success they're getting.
Freddie Mercury
Even if RBI opposed demonetisation, the government would have gone ahead with it. The originally stated targets of note ban are fighting black money, fake currency and corruption. None of these is going to be solved out of the demonetisation exercise. Tell me how? Anytime you do this, it will hurt the common man only.
Kaushik Basu
Those who try to make room for sex as mere casual enjoyment pay the penalty: they become shallow. At any rate the talk that reflects and commends this attitude is always shallow. They dishonour their own bodies; holding cheap what is naturally connected with the origination of human life.
G. E. M. Anscombe
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Oh, I really wish people just thronged around to see your first film. Just a sec. Wanna know... ...Original story, or pirated?
Soumitra Chatterjee