Xanana Gusmao Quotes

#1. Dont run before you can walk

David Nicholls

#2. I don't agree with the whole 'my mother's my friend' approach, because you're their mum and there has to be a difference between the generations.

Jane Asher

#3. It is not enough to receive support, no matter, how needed it may be. It is fundamental to know how to receive this support and ensure that its result is exponential.

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

#4. Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

#5. He was driven with the thought that one day he would achieve his objective; his mind was the only motive force he knew; his will had kept him up throughout the night, the tortuous days, the long years. He was driven by the pleasure of achieving according to his highest ability.

Pandora

#6. We overeat because there are signals and cues around us that tell us to eat. It's simply not in our nature to pause after every bite and contemplate whether we're full. As we eat, we unknowingly - mindlessly - look for signals or cues that we've had enough.

Brian Wansink

#7. Their incompatible appearances have actually made them more compatible ... Some people said that when a couple comes together ... they will compliment each others shortcomings

Bae Yong-joon

#8. In the end, every scheme and every science is justified by itself or it is not justified at all.

David Berlinski

#9. We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible.

Peter Agre

#10. Being patient does not mean being silent.

Xanana Gusmao

#11. I believe that when people have an occupation that allows them to provide for their families, the social dimension of human nature will emerge instinctively and lead people to help and organize others less privileged.

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

#12. After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect as a result of independence?

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

#13. I fight because international law recognises my right.

Xanana Gusmao

#14. Art is running away without ever leaving home.

Twyla Tharp

#15. I agree that special interest sections between Portugal and Indonesia can proceed without me being released.

Xanana Gusmao

#16. Even better to walk in your enemy's shoes. Tis the best way to control their footsteps. Or erase them altogether, should the opportunity arise.

A.G. Howard

#17. There were fairies at Cottingley

Elsie Wright

#18. Lymond surveyed the grinning audience with an air of gentle discovery. Is there no work to be done? Or perhaps it's a holiday?

Dorothy Dunnett

#19. YOUR BRAIN IS YOUR BITCH

Jen Sincero