Quotes by indonesian authors

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. Abu Bakar Bashir

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I've backpacked to countries like Italy and Turkey and observed beautiful scenery, but then I realized that beauty was always very close to me. It is here in Belitung Island, where the rivers, beaches and the terrain captivate my attention most. Andrea Hirata

The decision to write full-time meant I couldn't afford to buy a house. A friend kindly offered me the use of his apartment in a thirty-six-story building full of newlywed couples in the southern area of Jakarta. I didn't like my working space at first, but the scenery and everything going on outside have worked their magic on me. Andrea Hirata

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From a building right in front of my windows, I can observe the speed of the sunrises and sunsets. The voices of children playing, laughing, yelling, and crying on the playground crawl up to the eighth floor, where I write. Their voices sound so innocent from a distance. Andrea Hirata

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The treasure of a writer is to maintain their own style. Andrea Hirata

Style Own Writer Maintain Treasure

It's hard to be a minority. People look at you a different way, like you don't belong, and I don't think many people realize just how difficult it is to live as a minority. Where I come from, we learn to tolerate one another. Whether one is of Chinese descent or Malay descent, what matters is we're part of the same country, the same world. Andrea Hirata

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When I was a child, I saw in the news that a person from Belitung had done well in sports in Jakarta, and I just couldn't imagine that it was possible for someone from here to become famous, and it's still very isolated out here. Andrea Hirata

Indonesian writers are so far behind in terms of global exposure compared with the Philippines and Japanese writers. Andrea Hirata

Philippines Writers Global Terms Behind Japanese Far Exposure Compared

I'm a simple hillbilly. I don't like eating modern, industrialized, fast food. I grew up eating home-cooked food. So when I'm traveling abroad, like when I recently received a six-month writing fellowship to Iowa in the U.S., I like to cook my own food. Andrea Hirata

Indonesia was colonized for 350 years. We lost our mind-set for entrepreneurship. We only become workers. Ciputra

Become Lost Mind-Set Our Only Entrepreneurship Indonesia Years Workers

I am healthy because of my strict diet. I can eat anything, but I don't eat everything. Ciputra

Strict Healthy Everything Eat Because Am Diet Anything

It's not wise to limit firms' expansion projects. Let us only be limited by the market. Ciputra

Wise Market Projects Only Limit Limited Expansion Us Let Us

The richest Indonesians have maybe $5 billion. Bill Gates has $50 billion. Ciputra

Maybe Bill Richest Bill Gates Billion Gates

We are still looking for opportunities in plantation, in palm oil. When it is bad, you want to buy because, in the long term, I am confident that plantation is a good bet. To me, it is always in demand; there is no substitute yet for palm oil. Edwin Soeryadjaya

Adaro Energy has been our greatest success. Edwin Soeryadjaya

Success Energy Our Has-Been Greatest Been

We know our responsibilities to our investors, and one of our challenges has always been preventing foreign investors from thinking that Indonesia is not a good place to invest. Edwin Soeryadjaya

Good Challenges Thinking Our Responsibilities Good Place Preventing Invest Investors Indonesia Know Always Foreign Been Place

Power plants are an infrastructure backbone that I want to be seriously involved in; this is because the country is rapidly developing and has high demand for electricity. Edwin Soeryadjaya

Plants Seriously Power Country Backbone High Rapidly Developing Power Plants Demand Involved Because Want Infrastructure Electricity

The mandate that I got from my investors is to invest. So far, we are on the right track, and it is the right formula to invest in Indonesia. Edwin Soeryadjaya

Right Track Invest Investors Indonesia Track Got Mandate Formula Far Right

I'm the son of a former billionaire, but I'm just a working man. Edwin Soeryadjaya

Man Son Just Former Working Working Man Billionaire

We would be billionaires, but we took responsibility for Summa's failure. Edwin Soeryadjaya

Failure Responsibility Took Would Would-Be Billionaires

I fear if I cannot think again, if my mind suddenly goes blank. It will be embarrassing. Goenawan Mohamad

Fear Mind Will Think Embarrassing Blank Goes Cannot Again Suddenly

What I like about theater is its team work. Theater is also all-time creativity. Goenawan Mohamad

Work Creativity All-Time About Like Also Theater Team

My favorite place in Indonesia is Bali. I was there with my family in Nusa Dua, and my kids loved it. I'm a workaholic, so for me, Bali is a place where you can have a vacation, but you can have your own moment as well. You feel like you blend with nature - and I love the beach. Joe Taslim

My parents wanted me to become a national athlete. Joe Taslim

Me Parents Become National Athlete Wanted