Ashlinn J Rnheim Quotes & Sayings

The Orient was Orientalized not only because it was discovered to be "Oriental" in all those ways considered commonplace by an average nineteenth-century European, but also because it could be - that is, submitted to being - made Oriental. — Edward W. Said

Truth is a point of view about things. — Marcel Proust

A language is a means of communication and should be lived rather than taught. — Benny Lewis

My novel Who Fears Death is a post-apocalyptic novel set in a future Sudan. — Nnedi Okorafor

And you have nothing on him? Is he at least local? Does he have an accent?"
"Yeah, about that. I never heard this accent before."
"Really."
"It's like ... Southern with a curlicue."
"What?" Ty was laughing, but Nick didn't find his frustration all that amusing.
"I'm serious. It's like yours, but not. Like he came over from England and put the two accents together. I ... "
"Can you mimic him?"
"No! I've tried, and my tongue does not make that sound with an R."
"Your tongue can't make any kind of an R!"
"Whatever, hillbilly. — Abigail Roux

Some people are so boring that you are more bored when you are with them ... than when you are alone. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You have to stop in order to change direction. — Erich Fromm

No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses. — Kevin Mitnick

At the opposite end of the spectrum from pacifism, we have a pusillanimous reluctance to use religious names for warring factions. In Northern Ireland, Catholics and Protestants are euphemized to 'Nationalists' and 'Loyalists' respectively. — Richard Dawkins

A good artist should laugh often! — Francois Place

In truth there is only one freedom - the holy freedom of Christ, whereby He freed us from sin, from evil, from the devil. It binds us to God. All other freedoms are illusory, false, that is to say, they are all, in fact, slavery. — Justin Popovic

This is thine own. Thou drawest near, as turns a pigeon to his mate: Thou carest too for this our prayer. — Various

Baron Humboldt asked Jefferson, 'Why are these libels allowed? Why is not this libelous journal suppressed, or its editor at least, fined and imprisoned?' The question gave Jefferson a perfect opening. 'Put that paper in your pocket, Baron, and should you hear the reality of our liberty, the freedom of our press, questioned, show this paper, and tell where you found it. — Jon Meacham