Alleging Alter Quotes & Sayings

As we have seen in the data, resentment against the West comes from what Muslims perceive as the West's hatred and denigration of Islam; the Western belief that Arabs and Muslims are inferior,; and their fear of Western intervention, domination, or occupation. (p. 141) — John L. Esposito

Beware of the words "internal security," for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor. — Voltaire

Rapidity does not always mean progress, and hurry is akin to waste. The old fable of the hare and the tortoise is just as good now, and just as true, as when it was first written. — Charles Warren Stoddard

We are born for cooperation, as are the feet, the hands, the eyelids, and the upper and lower jaws. — Marcus Aurelius

You sound just like my parents. That is just exactly what my ignorant Christian parents would say. Just, if it doesn't fit with your theory, well, that's just because, oh, it actually does, but God is mysterious, so we can't see it. Because we're so sinful. That's so fucking easy. — Lev Grossman

He did each single thing as if he did nothing else. — Charles Dickens

When 9/11 happened, the world, certainly in the United States of America, there was a unity. There was this sense of unity. And I have to say just from a personal level, it really felt good. We all felt the same way. — Goldie Hawn

Basically you come up with the fictional idea and you start writing that story, but then in order to write it and to make it seem real, you sometimes put your own memories in. Even if it's a character that's very different from you. — Jeffrey Eugenides