When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to me than that.' Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes figure public
Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric. Edward Said ethnocentriceuropeanhomer Change image and share on social
I was one of the first people in the Palestinian world, in the late 1970s, to say that there is no military option, either for us or for them, and I'm certainly the only well-known Arab who writes these things - and who writes exactly the same things in the Arab press that I say here. Edward Said 1970sarablate share on social
I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause. Edward Said affiliationdeclareextremely Change image and share on social
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan. Jeffrey Wright culturedirtyfan Change image and share on social
I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. Nathan Hale goodhonorablekind Change image and share on social