Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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1925-02-06

Quotes by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

• Capital dictates the fate of humanity.

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• I've often heard people say, "Your country is beautiful, a virtual paradise." When will the people of Indonesia be as beautiful as their land, with a civilization and culture that contributes to the greater beauty of humankind and no longer smothers and strangles the mind?

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• She is like a meteor shooting off by itself, traveling through space, knowing no bounds, who knows ehere eventually to come to ground, on another planet or back on our earth again, or to disappear in the infinity of nature.

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• It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely.

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• The love I knew was from books..

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• Life can give everything to whoever tries to understand and is willing to receive new knowledge.

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• Lihat, ini Arok, yang tetap mempertahankan Tumapel. Dia dan pasukannya akan mempertahankannya sampai titik darah terakhir. Bukan karena imbalan uang, emas dan perak dan singgasana. Hanya karena kesetiaan pada janji.

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• Kehidupan lebih nyata daripada pendapat siapapun tentang kenyataan.

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• You must first of all think justly. Don't sit in judgment over others when you don't know the truth of the matter.

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• Life can give everything to whoever tries to understand and is willing to receive new knowledge.

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• Capital dictates the fate of humanity.

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• I've often heard people say, "Your country is beautiful, a virtual paradise." When will the people of Indonesia be as beautiful as their land, with a civilization and culture that contributes to the greater beauty of humankind and no longer smothers and strangles the mind?

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• The love I knew was from books..

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• Lihat, ini Arok, yang tetap mempertahankan Tumapel. Dia dan pasukannya akan mempertahankannya sampai titik darah terakhir. Bukan karena imbalan uang, emas dan perak dan singgasana. Hanya karena kesetiaan pada janji.

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• You must first of all think justly. Don't sit in judgment over others when you don't know the truth of the matter.

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• She is like a meteor shooting off by itself, traveling through space, knowing no bounds, who knows ehere eventually to come to ground, on another planet or back on our earth again, or to disappear in the infinity of nature.

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• Kehidupan lebih nyata daripada pendapat siapapun tentang kenyataan.

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• It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely.

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• Let us see whether it is the New Order or me who will be the loser before Indonesian history. I have won. The New Order has fallen and my writings have been translated into 40 languages.

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