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You have come to a stage where you almost have to work on yourself. You know, on finding some tranquility with which to respond to these things, because I realize that the biggest risk that many of us run is beginning to get inured to the horrors. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#because #beginning #biggest #come #finding

I think many people were surprised by the victory of the Congress, because it was really hard to see beyond the sort of haze of hatred that the Hindu nationalists had been spreading. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#been #beyond #congress #had #hard

Torture has been privatized now, so you have obviously the whole scandal in America about the abuse of prisoners and the fact that, army people might be made to pay a price, but who are the privatized torturers accountable too? ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#abuse #accountable #america #army #been

You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#begin #communal #compared #congress #covert

I realize I never stand out in a room unless I'm feeling balanced, centered and happy. It sounds really corny but it's very, very true. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#centered #corny #feeling #happy #i

I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you don't know what's going on under there. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#anyone #close #clothes #design #design clothes

There's only one lesson to be learned form life, anyway," interrupted Gloria, not in contradiction but in a sort of melancholy agreement. "What's that?" demanded Maury sharply. "That there's no lesson to be learned from life. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#the-beautiful-and-damned #beauty

He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing. ↗

— Darrell Royal

#elizabeth taylor #fast #maybe #sing #taylor

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries. ↗

— Ed Royce

#department #elements #idea #influence #mantra

Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax. ↗

— Mike Royko

#cheating #hating #income #income tax #mothers