Timorese Quotes

#1. The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly.

Jose Ramos-Horta

#2. When the East Timor conflict broke out, when they gained independence, the militia killed a lot of East Timorese people. And their sacred totem is the crocodile. They believe that their island is actually a solidified crocodile, so it has sacred status.

Steve Irwin

#3. The most interesting - in fact, inspiring - people I met there [Porto Alegre] are those who remain nameless: representatives of the international campesino movement, the East Timorese delegation, ... - the usual heroes, who disappear, unknown, apart from the consequences of their work.

Noam Chomsky

#4. Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not.

Jose Ramos-Horta

#5. My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.

Jessica Mauboy

#6. Watching your sadness is worse than dying. Do not die while you are still alive, my love. Do not fear to live and love again.

Kate Danley

#7. If you look round Hollywood there's no end of white smiles and six packs. Long lines of beautiful people lining up to be incredible on film.

Tom Hardy

#8. Driveway basketball, playing against the boys, watching Magic and Michael.

Michael Bamberger

#9. We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches.

Shane Claiborne

#10. He was the heat of a fire and the sweetness of the moon I'd only just met.

Ann Aguirre

#11. I am too old a hand to be put off pleasure by even the certain prospect of not enjoying it.

Kingsley Amis

#12. The way forward for Africa is investment.

Mo Ibrahim

#13. Idle minds are the devil's research-and-development department.

Robert Stacy McCain

#14. Sports kept me off the streets. It kept me from getting into what was going on, the bad stuff.

Michael Vick

#15. This I've learned in life: If you don't believe in Santa Claus, he can't bring you any presents.

Siri Mitchell

#16. The binding was of citron-green leather, with a design of gilt trellis-work and dotted pomegranates.

Oscar Wilde

#17. We both know... that soon everything is going to end...

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This chat will be in the past... but what to do on that riddle or puzzle or mystery...????

Deyth Banger

#18. I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college.

Patricia Cornwell

#19. I don't necessarily think that the world should know everything, and even if you consider yourself to be extremely honest, that doesn't mean you have to blurt everything out all the time.

Morrissey