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“Kurds are like fire, if approached kindly they will warm you, if approached badly they will burn you”

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Leyla Zana, born on May 3, 1961, is a distinguished Turkish politician recognized for her activism and advocacy for Kurdish rights. She has been a leading voice for peace and reconciliation in Turkey, particularly concerning the Kurdish issue. more

“Life is a series of diminishments. Each cessation of an activity either from choice or some variety of infirmity is a death, a putting to final rest. Each loss, of friend or precious enemy, can be equated with the closing off of a room containing blocks of nerves, or a dynamo governing a particular sensibility or intelligence and soon after the closing off the nerves atrophy and that part of oneself, in essence, drops away. The self is lightened, is held on earth by a gram less of mass and will.”

Self Earth Life Is Death Choices Loss Rooms Enemy Dying Activity Mass Essence Series Finals Oneself Block Variety Nerves Closing Containing Infirmity Atrophy Loss Of A Friend Closing Off

Author:Coleman Dowell

“For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.”

Littles Humour Poet Trade Experiments Poetry Is Cynicism

Author:Edward Dowden

“Browning's tragedies are tragedies without villains.”

Tragedy Villain

Book:Robert Browning

Source: Robert Browning

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