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Quote by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relativel

Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Travel
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We follow the mystics. They know where they are going. They, too, go astray, but when they go astray they do so in a way that is mystical, dark, and mysterious. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Mystics, Mysticism
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Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Fear
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Other Quotes from
Oppression
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A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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Oppression

You know, its not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. – James Baldwin

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Oppression

First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; and finally, the undecided. – General Iberico Saint Jean

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Oppression

When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are stronger, you have to help the weaker boy or girl both in play and in the work. – Sarojini Naidu

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Oppression

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There was a certain point in my life where I had to decide that I was going to take my future and Nicoles and not wallow in what happened to me because when you do that, you just keep repeating whats been happening and at some point you have to make a choice. – Boris Kodjoe

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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. – Edmund Burke, The Revolution in France, 1790

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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. – Samuel Johnson

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Grammar is politics by other means. – Donna J. Haraway, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature, 1991

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