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“I`ve always thought of him [Barack Obama] and from conversations know him to be a guy who takes the long view, who doesn`t get too high, doesn`t get too low and seizes the opportunities when they`re there and knows how to ride the wave. I ascribe that to Hawaii. He`s a body surfer, so he knows how to get on the wave. He knows just the right time.”

“I`ve been spending a fair amount of time in the recesses of white nationalist, white supremacist social media online areas, what called itself is the "alt right", which is sort of the euphemistic term they use for what is essentially modern day white supremacy. And they are some of [Donald]Trump - this has been reported from the beginning but they are very excited about [anti-Muslim] proposal.”

“I`ve got a black woolen hat and it`s got Pervert written across the front of it. It`s the name of the clothing label. And I was with my wife and my baby at the supermarket and I didn`t think. I just put my hat on Clara`s head, because it was cold. And the looks. I couldn`t figure out why I was getting death looks. And then I realized my 10-month old baby`s wearing a hat with the word Pervert written on it and these people were like, `There`s Satan! There`s Satan out with his kid!` And then I made a point of her wearing it every time we went there.”

“I`ve had few dull moments [in my life] and not too many sad and defeated ones. In saying this I am by no means overlooking the rough and rocky years I`ve lived through. But I was not brought up thinking life would be easy. I always expected to work hard for my money and to get nothing I did not earn. And the bad years, it seems to me, were so few that only a dyed-in-the-wool grouch who enjoys feeling sorry for himself would complain.”

“I`ve said this when I pass the trade promotion authority law, which allows us to get trade agreements. If we write the rules of the global economy, we will succeed in the 21st century. But we have to write those rules, we have to engage, and I think the president [Donald Trump] said Trans-Pacific Partnership is not the way to do it.”

“Ia lebih mengkhawatirkan pikiran-pikiran dalam kepalanya yang menabrak norma. Semua manusia punya pikiran itu. Ia, Ridwan, Sali dan semua orang punya pikiran itu. Pikiran jahat atau pikiran-pikiran yang jika dilakukan dalam kehidupan nyata, maka sudah pasti akan melanggar norma atau moral yang ada dalam masyarakat. Selama itu hanya ada dalam pikiran, tidak diucapkan atau dilakukan, maka ia akan tetap aman dalam pikiran. Manusia punya kecenderungan memiliki pikiran-pikiran itu. Semua manusia.”

“Ia memang telah meninggal, namun semangat patriotiknya tak pernah usang. Tak sulit untuk menemukan Kartini di masa kini, banyak tokoh perempuan yang begitu menginspirasi. Pintar, rupawan, sukses, kaya raya, dermawan dan kharismatik banyak dijumpai di khalayak ramai,” ujarku membuka cerita. “Tapi itu terlalu jauh, banyak yang bisa ditemukan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Sosok bu Jumiati salah satu diantaranya, guru yang senantiasa berbagi ilmu untuk kita semua. Bidan, artis bahkan mungkin tukang sapu sekolah kita bisa jadi menjadi Kartini masa kini,” pungkasku disambut tepuk tangan bu Jumiati dengan mata sembab. (Kartini Masa Kini, Dunia Tanpa Huruf R)”

“Ia sampai di talud laut; di bawah, di pantai, dilihatnya para lelaki dengan kepala mendongak sedang menaikkan layang-layang. Itu mereka lakukan dengan sepenuh perasaan, dan Jean-Marc teringat teori lamanya: ada tiga macam kebosanan: kebosanan pasif: gadis yang berdansa dan menguap itu; kebosanan aktif: para pecinta layangan itu; dan kebosanan yang memberontak: anak muda yang membakari mobil dan meremuk etalase toko.”