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Quotes by Indonesian Authors

"Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!"
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!"
"Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit."
"Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails."
"Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile."
"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."
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Megawati Sukarnoputri
"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."
"Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family."
"What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?"
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?"
"Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated."
"I don't talk in ifs."
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Abdurrahman Wahid
"I don't talk in ifs."
"I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it."
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Abdurrahman Wahid
"I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it."
"The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower."
"What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?"
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?"
"Never trust a man who teaches about death but yet had no real experience at all about it."
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Toba Beta
"Never trust a man who teaches about death but yet had no real experience at all about it."
"Which one is the truth, sir?Which period do you mean, son?"
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Toba Beta
"Which one is the truth, sir?Which period do you mean, son?"
"But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour."
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour."
"The quality of beauty lies on how beholder values an object."
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Toba Beta
"The quality of beauty lies on how beholder values an object."
"I am Indonesian. I don't buy fear of western ghosts.But when you deal with a giant garagasi of sumatera,there's no word worth enough to express the eeriness."
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Toba Beta
"I am Indonesian. I don't buy fear of western ghosts.But when you deal with a giant garagasi of sumatera,there's no word worth enough to express the eeriness."
"You say that I'm nobody, and you agree that nobody's perfect.Based on logic, I'm a perfect person according to your opinion."
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Toba Beta
"You say that I'm nobody, and you agree that nobody's perfect.Based on logic, I'm a perfect person according to your opinion."
"I do not like violence."
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Abdurrahman Wahid
"I do not like violence."
"Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves?"
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Abu Bakar Bashir
"Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves?"
"Pride is the mother of arrogance."
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Toba Beta
"Pride is the mother of arrogance."
"If you divide something that is essentially one, you will end up with imaginary infinite numbers."
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Toba Beta
"If you divide something that is essentially one, you will end up with imaginary infinite numbers."
"Arrogance likes to appear humble in public."
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Toba Beta
"Arrogance likes to appear humble in public."
"The old resists the new one.'Change hurts' is the reason."
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Toba Beta
"The old resists the new one.'Change hurts' is the reason."
"You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors."
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Toba Beta
"You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors."
"You don't need to be so fierce and bluffing..if you already know that I can't be intimidated."
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Toba Beta
"You don't need to be so fierce and bluffing..if you already know that I can't be intimidated."
"Old liarshold lies."
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Toba Beta
"Old liarshold lies."
"Words of sincere felt in heart and trigger smile."
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Toba Beta
"Words of sincere felt in heart and trigger smile."
"Pick a side or create new one ! Otherwise be a coward or traitor."
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Toba Beta
"Pick a side or create new one ! Otherwise be a coward or traitor."
"Arrogance is blind to the stumbling block."
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Toba Beta
"Arrogance is blind to the stumbling block."
"The real funny thing is, whether the demons exist or not at all in your life, it's nothing to do whether you believe or not to one, none nor both of them."
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Toba Beta
"The real funny thing is, whether the demons exist or not at all in your life, it's nothing to do whether you believe or not to one, none nor both of them."
"If corruption had already taken root, then good seeds must be preserved."
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Toba Beta
"If corruption had already taken root, then good seeds must be preserved."
"The weaker mind reacts."
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Toba Beta
"The weaker mind reacts."
"Action triggers reaction. An object somehow responds when we observe it.We just assume that we do objective. In fact, unconsciously we only want to see some parts of the object which do not evoke the bitter memories of our past."
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Toba Beta
"Action triggers reaction. An object somehow responds when we observe it.We just assume that we do objective. In fact, unconsciously we only want to see some parts of the object which do not evoke the bitter memories of our past."
"Price ain't merely about numbers. It's a satisfying sacrifice."
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Toba Beta
"Price ain't merely about numbers. It's a satisfying sacrifice."
"The way of war was the invention of heavenly beings."
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Toba Beta
"The way of war was the invention of heavenly beings."
"We ain't alone in this universe.We just don't wanna be disturbed."
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Toba Beta
"We ain't alone in this universe.We just don't wanna be disturbed."
"Don't pity this sinful world!Just pity those who made it so!"
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Toba Beta
"Don't pity this sinful world!Just pity those who made it so!"
"It's so tempting to resist a little gift when you're expecting the otherwise."
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Toba Beta
"It's so tempting to resist a little gift when you're expecting the otherwise."
"Humans are about to grasp basic substances of all creations. When that moment comes, life or death are no longer matters."
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Toba Beta
"Humans are about to grasp basic substances of all creations. When that moment comes, life or death are no longer matters."
"If you make peace without defense power,then you should be really ready to be ruled."
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Toba Beta
"If you make peace without defense power,then you should be really ready to be ruled."
"When you feel terribly angry, you're possessed by anger ghost."
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Toba Beta
"When you feel terribly angry, you're possessed by anger ghost."
"We begin to learn wisely when we're willing to see world from other people's perspective."
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Toba Beta
"We begin to learn wisely when we're willing to see world from other people's perspective."
"Many stories magnify a fact."
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Toba Beta
"Many stories magnify a fact."
"Wake up ! This ain't war between good and evil anymore.This is war between good people for their respective survival.Whoever lose in this war, will be remembered as the evil one."
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Toba Beta
"Wake up ! This ain't war between good and evil anymore.This is war between good people for their respective survival.Whoever lose in this war, will be remembered as the evil one."
"There is no such thing as magic, supernatural, miracle; only something that's still beyond logic of the observer."
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Toba Beta
"There is no such thing as magic, supernatural, miracle; only something that's still beyond logic of the observer."
"There are brains so smart in finance and unconsciously reject wealth."
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Toba Beta
"There are brains so smart in finance and unconsciously reject wealth."
"Murderer ain't fit to eternity."
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Toba Beta
"Murderer ain't fit to eternity."
"As dull as moon face, never seem to change."
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Toba Beta
"As dull as moon face, never seem to change."
"Man will find his own structured words,which will transfigure his into immortal."
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Toba Beta
"Man will find his own structured words,which will transfigure his into immortal."
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