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There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. Mother Teresa

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I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. Mother Teresa

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Politics has come to resemble a cynical team game played by politicians, while the public has been pushed aside as if sitting on the seats of a stadium in which passion for politics is gradually making room for blindness and desperation. Edi Rama

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To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others. Fatos Nano

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In general, literature is a natural adversary of totalitarianism. Tyrannical governments all view literature in the same way: as their enemy. I lived for a long time in a totalitarian state, and I know firsthand that horror. Ismail Kadare

Compromise in colors is grey. Edi Rama

Compromise Colors Grey

For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital. We faced many challenges. Art was part of the answer, and my name, in the very beginning, was linked with two things: demolition of illegal constructions in order to get public space back, and use of colors in order to revive the hope that had been lost in my city. Edi Rama

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In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art. Edi Rama

Life Love Art Previous Previous Life Still Artist Paint

When people say all politicians are the same, ask yourself if Obama was the same as Bush, if Francois Hollande is the same as Sarkozy. They are not. They are human beings with different views and different visions for the world. Edi Rama

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We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy. Fatos Nano

Dictatorship Nation Gone Everything Anarchy Through Partition Even

Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation. Fatos Nano

Today Nation States Borders Between Globalization Era Issue Same

If we follow the traditional way of thought, there will always be traditional enemies. Extremist circles from both sides will find causes to give rise to problems. Fatos Nano

Problems Enemies Will Thought Sides Circles Way Extremist Find Follow Rise Give Both Both Sides Always Causes Traditional Traditional Way

Albania is at risk and we are living in difficult times. Fatos Nano

Living Difficult Risk Times Albania Difficult Times

Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves. Fatos Nano

I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia. Fatos Nano

Will Hopeful Bosnia No-One Am Forget Happened

Milosevic will never stop, because he is fighting for personal power in Serbia. The only way to stop him is cutting the functioning of his war machine. He is spending $1.7 million a day on his war machine in Kosovo. Fatos Nano

The great universal literature has always had a tragic relation with freedom. The Greeks renounced absolute freedom and imposed order on chaotic mythology, like a tyrant. Ismail Kadare

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Guidebooks used to write the name of my city in two ways: Gjirokaster in Albanian, and Argyrokastron for foreigners. The classical-sounding name somehow gave it better credentials, because people in the Balkans famously exaggerate and often call their villages cities. Ismail Kadare

People Better Gave Ways Cities City Exaggerate Somehow Write Name Call Because Balkans Foreigners Often Used Villages Credentials Two

If I manage to write something that I consider good and valuable in a particular place, that spot automatically has a special aura for me. In Albania, there are two cities where I have written the majority of my work: Gjirokaster, my home city, and Tirana. Ismail Kadare

I work only in the morning from 10 to noon. I still write by hand. I interrupt my writing when I feel that I've discovered something beautiful or, on the contrary, when I feel discontent. Ismail Kadare

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Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship. Ismail Kadare

Natural Enemy Dictatorship Writer Authentic Literature Incompatible

I am of the opinion that I am not a political writer, and, moreover, that as far as true literature is concerned, there actually are no political writers. I think that my writing is no more political than ancient Greek theatre. I would have become the writer I am in any political regime. Ismail Kadare

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