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“It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.”

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Tariq Ali is a British writer born on October 21, 1943. His works span a variety of fields including history, politics, and literature, known for his incisive analysis and critical thinking. more

“Sometimes, when she's out here alone, she can feel the pulse of something bigger, as if all things animate were beating in unison, a glory and a connection that sweeps her out of herself, out of her consciousness, so that nothing has a name, not in Latin, not in English, not in any known language.”

Ifs Feels Sometimes Names Language Consciousness Known Glory All Things Connections Bigger Latin Pulse Unison

Book:When the Killing's Done

Source: When the Killing's Done

“The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public house; the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you save-the greater becomes your treasure which neither moths nor dust will devour-your capital. The less you are, the more you have; the less you express your own life, the greater is your alienated life-the greater is the store of your estranged being.”

Thinking Book House Greater Drink Paint Stores Theatre Treasure Dust Etc Halls Fence Moths Asceticism

Book:Economic and philosophic manuscripts of 1884

Source: Economic and philosophic manuscripts of 1884

“Rudy Steiner was scared of the book theif's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again, and would go to his grave without them.”

Book Hard Asks Kissing Lips Scared Graves Rudy

Book:The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

“But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish.”

Wells Known Well Known Repression

Book:DUNE

Source: DUNE

“Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.”

Giving Long Motivational Order Father Given Leadership Inspiring Subjects Long Ago

Book:DUNE

Source: DUNE

“We're all trying to decide whether your scores up there are a miracle or a mistake." "A habit.”

Trying Mistake Habit Miracle Score

Book:Ender's Game

Source: Ender's Game

“Everyone who is not happy must be shot.”

Shots Not Happy

Author:John le Carre

“If I had a nervous breakdown every time something awful happened in the world, I'd be crazier than a shithouse rat.”

Ifs World Happened Nervous Awful Rats Breakdown Nervous Breakdown

Book:Paper Towns

Source: Paper Towns

“Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?”

People Knows Want Asks What You Want Fountainhead Howard Roark

Book:Ayn Rand Reader

Source: Ayn Rand Reader

“I love to learn but I do not want to be taught”

Want Taught

Author:Winston Churchill

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