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Edward Said quotes: But I do not know whether the photograph can, or does, say things as they really are. Something has been lost. But the representation is all we have.

But I do not know whether the photograph can, or does, say things as they really are. Something has been lost. But the representation is all we have.

Edward Said quotes: Texts are not finished objects.

Texts are not finished objects.

Edward Said quotes: Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric.

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 quotes: History is written by those who win and those who dominate.

History is written by those who win and those who dominate.

Edward Said quotes: I am for peace. And I am for a negotiated peace. But this accord is not a just peace.

I am for peace. And I am for a negotiated peace. But this accord is not a just peace.

Edward Said quotes: I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause.

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 quotes: When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to me than that.'

When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to me than that.'

Edward Said quotes: I don't myself believe in a two-state solution. I believe in a one-state solution.

I don't myself believe in a two-state solution. I believe in a one-state solution.

Edward Said quotes: The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States.

The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States.

Edward Said quotes: Since when does a militarily occupied people have the responsibility for a peace movement?

Since when does a militarily occupied people have the responsibility for a peace movement?

Edward Said quotes: There's been essentially the same analysis over and over again and very little allowance made for different views and interpretations and reflections.

There's been essentially the same analysis over and over again and very little allowance made for different views and interpretations and reflections.

Edward Said quotes: No cause, no God, no abstract idea can justify the mass slaughter of innocents.

No cause, no God, no abstract idea can justify the mass slaughter of innocents.

Edward Said quotes: ..culture is not monolithic either and is not the exclusive property of the East or West nor of the small groups of men and women.

..culture is not monolithic either and is not the exclusive property of the East or West nor of the small groups of men and women.

Edward Said quotes: In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S. is.

In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S. is.

Edward Said quotes: It was thought that to rally Islam against godless communism would be doing the Soviet Union a very bad turn indeed, and that, in fact, transpired.

It was thought that to rally Islam against godless communism would be doing the Soviet Union a very bad turn indeed, and that, in fact, transpired.

Edward Said quotes: Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a consciousness.

Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an attitude, a consciousness.