Gus Dur Quotes & Sayings

I realize that although I'd like to make films as a career after I'm done playing, I really love basketball; I really love my career, an opportunity to compete every day and to push myself physically, mentally and emotionally. — Steve Nash

Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery. — Eric Williams

Being employed is like being loved: you know that somebody's thinking about you the whole time. — Thornton Wilder

Nothing renews my faith in humanity more than the exchange of compassion so profound that mere words cannot embrace it. — Tiffany Madison

Loneliness is not a fault but a condition of existence. — Ivan Albright

From now on I hope Always to stay Alert, to educate myself as best I can. But lacking this, in Future I will relaxedly turn back to my secret mind to see what it has observed when I thought I was sitting this one out. We never sit anything out. — Ray Bradbury

There's no downside to having too much experience. — Barry Levinson

It's true most superheroes have funny names. But they have to come up with these names by themselves. Think about how hard it is. Try it, right now; boil down your personality and abilities to a single phrase or image. If you can do that, you're probably a superhero already. — Andrew Kaufman

I got invited to what's called the Gifting Suite in Toronto. I had the day off, so I thought I'd go and see what's what. You come out laden with wonderful stuff. Apparently, if you go to the Oscars, you get given things like iPads. Not that I'm in it for the swag. — Lesley Manville

There is only one penalty for high treason: for a man, to be hanged, cut down alive and eviscerated, or for a woman, to be burned. The king may vary the sentence to decapitation; only poisoners are boiled alive. — Hilary Mantel