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Pramoedya Ananta Toer Quotes

I'll do as I please. My mind is not to be imprisoned.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: indonesian
Birth: February 6, 1925 - April 30, 2006

Topics

Mind Please Imprisoned

I work out, but I'm not doing it specifically because I show my butt on TV.

Work Doing Butt Out Show Work Out

Last month, the House of Representatives passed the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act, which would provide training and assistance to unemployed veterans, and break down bureaucratic barriers preventing them from finding work. It's smart legislation that members of both parties support, and I'm pleased the Senate passed it.

Work Opportunity Training Support

I was turning 20 during my first record. Those decade birthdays always kind of cause me, it seems, to reflect, look back, and then look forward. I just was closing this period of my life where I was living in a car and scrambling my whole life to then signing a six-record deal with Atlantic.

Life Car Me Forward My Life Look

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

John F. Kennedy

Fear Truth People Judge Nation Open

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.

People Will Always Longing Concern

Just let me go, we have to be able to criticize what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if you're not trying to make something better, then as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.

Love Me Better Trying You I Can

Art is for entertainment purposes, but it's also to reflect our dreams, our hopes, the present, the future the past - whether it's good or bad.

Good Dreams Future Art Past Present

The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers.

Universe Selling Line Bottom Where

I really actually started when I was 10 years old, but before that, I loved to play with Father because he played as an ex-player. I just enjoyed it, so I started at 10 years old with Father to be a proper football player.

Father Football Loved Play Old Just

I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.

Steve Valentine

Love Proud Lost Years Scottish Very

I'm starting to realise that there are certain themes that I return to, those being that there is no such thing as normal, and people finding their voice and living authentically. And also that you can be influenced and helped through an extended family.

Family People Voice Finding You

Marvel comics took a chance on me in my youth, allowing me to create so many toys in their sandbox.

Me Youth Chance Create Toys Marvel

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