“Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.”
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All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.
The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.
We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.
Well, you got to remember, bin Laden killed 3, 000 Americans and, in some ways, he and his ideology killed tens of thousands of his fellow Muslims, including Pakistanis. I understand that that was provocative and complicated for Pakistan, but only if you accept the idea that he was an acceptable member of Pakistani society.
