Tariq Ali Quotes

The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it was a system of institutional oppression, with immense powers of persecution and intolerance.

Tariq Ali

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Everybody makes a lot of money when the French come to town.

Jerry Della Femina

MoneyComeFrenchEverybodyTown

I think the best movie ever made was 'Dumbo.'

John Lasseter

BestThinkMadeI ThinkMovieEver

You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

Stephen Covey

YourselfProblemsYouWayTalkOut

When a violent minority that crosses color lines comes to believe that killing those you know or do not know is a reasonable solution to problems, we are in need of another vision.

Stanley Crouch

VisionBelieveColorProblemsYou

Style can change your look, certainly, but it can also change your life.

Stacy London

LifeChangeStyleLookYourAlso

You don't have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps.

Tony Judt

HistoryYouUnderstandJewishEurope

There's something mathematically satisfying about music: notes fit together and harmony and all that. And mathematics has to do with abstractions and making connections.

Tom Lehrer

MusicMathematicsTogetherHarmony

Only one thing can conquer war - that attitude of mind which can see nothing in war but destruction and annihilation.

Ludwig von Mises

AttitudeWarMindConquerNothing

Unlike a goldfish, a computer can't really do anything without you telling it exactly what you want it to do.

Jason Fried

YouWantWithoutAnythingComputer

The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek to work at Harvard.

Derek Bok

WorkWomenOpportunitiesMoralEqual

I play out negative fantasies for people. I'm the guy people love to hate. And they always remember the bad guy.

Brion James

LoveHatePeopleNegativeRemember

I am so happy, so in love, and so content.

Brooke Burns

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