Alija Izetbegovic Quotes

Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those 'others'. Nationalism is strong in all three nations; in two of them there are a lot of racism, chauvinism, separatism; and now we are supposed to make a state out of that.

Alija Izetbegovic

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: bosniak
  • Birth: August 8, 1925 - October 19, 2003

Topics

RacismStrongNationalismComplicated

You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new.

Andre Benjamin

MirrorYouLookNewEverydaySee

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Socrates

HateDeepestComeDesiresOften

My scripts, they're pretty serious. I basically just describe stuff. I don't put too many notes and letters to the editors. But when I wrote 'KGBLT,' in parentheses I wrote, 'Well this is the best thing I've ever written. It will all be downhill from here. I'm so sorry for the rest of my career.'

Tom King

BestSorryRestCareerSeriousWill

While other kids played with cars and toys, I listened to music all day. I wanted to sing it and learn it.

Robin Thicke

MusicDayLearnToysSingKids

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

ResponsibilityGenerationWillNext

Out of 3,500 students in my high school, I was the only openly professing Christian kid. Obviously there were challenges. 'Only old and stupid people believe.'

Miroslav Volf

SchoolPeopleChallengesStupidHigh

You see much more of your children once they leave home.

Lucille Ball

FunnyHomeChildrenYouMoreSee

I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely.

Christina Ricci

PeopleMeStand UpStandFeelBad

There are some geologists involved with prospecting for oil and other hidden resources who can pick up a rock and say, 'Yes, there's oil under there.' A geologist who has been studying those kinds of rocks for 10 or 20 years is able to make that pronouncement.

Christopher Alexander

RocksSayRockOilHiddenResources

There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.

Bob Brown

TechnologyBetterAustraliaSolar

I speak for Kashmiri pundits because injustice has been done to them, and the political discourse doesn't give them enough importance.

Anupam Kher

SpeakPoliticalEnoughInjustice

When you're acting, you do have to prepare yourself for doing that. You have to leave behind - or you try and leave behind - anything that's going on in your personal life.

Asa Butterfield

LifeYourselfDoingYouActingTry

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