Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.
Reading is very creative - it's not just a passive thing. I write a story; it goes out into the world; somebody reads it and, by reading it, completes it.
I look at every book as a self-help book.
if it works it's obsolete
Ketika semua kata kata sudah tidak berarti untuk seseorang, biarkanlah waktu yang akan mengartikan semua kata kata itu.
A writer's pen depreciates with every word that it writes. Whereas she appreciates with every word that she writes.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist.
Nikmati nyanyian pagi sendu ini. Mari kembali ke masa yang hanya bisa kita kenang itu dengan menumpang rindu.
jangan tanya apa agamaku. aku bukan yahudi. bukan zoroaster. bukan pula islam. karena aku tahu, begitu suatu nama kusebut, kau akan memberikan arti yang lain daripada makna yang hidup di hatiku.
Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
I think people take the word 'feminist' really seriously, and I think people are scared to use that word.
Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
I'm dying, and I'm having fun.
Reading is the last act of secular prayer.
Let's make what Americans buy. Buy what Americans make. And sell it to the world.
We don't take a macro view... We'd look at every company to figure out if trade sanctions are helpful or hurtful.
Every day, I like getting up because there's another challenge.
I'm continuing to do research into biker culture.
It takes four private-sector jobs to support every public-sector employee.
Try to act like a human, if you're not a one yet
What doesn't kill me makes me story material.