“Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose.” PeopleWayLongHas BeensUsePastPurposeOrderPassionEmotionModernLong TimeGloryPurityPhenomenonFundamentalismOppressedEvokeIslamists Author:Azar Nafisi
“Though the theories of plate tectonics now provide us with a modus operandi, they still seem to me to be a periodic phenomenon. Nothing is world-wide, but everything is episodic. In other words, the history of anyone part of the earth, like the life of a soldier, consists of long periods of boredom and short periods of terror.” WorldLongStillsSeemsEarthScienceTheoryPeriodsSoldierTerrorWideBoredomPhenomenonPlatesModus Operandi Author:D. V. Ager
“The artist's imagination may wander far from nature. But as long as it is a living, moving power in his brain, isn't it just as real as any other natural phenomenon? The artist justifies his existence only when he can transform his imagination into truth.” MayLongRealMovingArtistImaginationNaturalExistenceBrainWanderJustifyPhenomenonNatural Phenomena Author:Bill Vaughan