Quotes about indonesia

I was not rescued by a prince I was the administrator of my own rescue.

Anyone can do the wrong thing if they really want to.

By three in the afternoon, after one Bintang too many, I was absolutely smashed and feared that trying to stand may end badly.

Based on the experience of history and civilization of mankind, which is more important for Muslims today, to no longer busy discussing the greatness that Muslims achieved in the past, or debating who first discovered the number zero, including the number one, two, three and so on, as the contribution of Muslims in the writing of numbers in this modern era and the foundation and development of civilizations throughout the world. But how Muslims will regained the lead and control of science and t

Don’t be an asshole. Just because you have one, it doesn’t mean it’s okay to act like it.

There is at least one advantage to being an Indonesian citizen: With this country's expanse of land and even greater expanse of sea, it's not difficult finding space for one's grave.

Memories are nice, but dreams are better.

The absolute value of being neutral is zero.

When bad news sells, money politics buys.

I’m not sure I ever met an American teacher in Korea that hadn’t volunteered at an orphanage at least once—even our resident idiot could be surprisingly decent on occasion—but I’ve also visited foreign countries where children are taught hatred. I’ve seen it up close and personal. It’s antithetical to everything I believe in as a teacher. The mandate for all teachers is to instill hope, not fear and hatred.

It’s not that I had more important things to do or that I didn’t want to help with whatever problems were interfering with her students being successful—rather, it’s this horrible truth that life has taught me: misplaced hope is the most devastatingly painful thing you can give someone.

The sun appeared between the twin spires of the cathedral as its light reflected off the crescent and star that rose out of the dome on top of the mosque. It was beautiful, and surreal. In one instant, the bells rang out from the cathedral and if I closed my eyes then I could easily imagine that I was back home in Europe, but in the next, the call to morning prayer sounded from the mosque, and it was a stark reminder of how far away I actually was from my true home.

The first ring glowed in the distance, lit up by consumerism that was brought to Jakarta courtesy of western cultures and Christian nations, and it influenced impoverished Muslims in the third ring, who wore Manchester United tee shirts with 'Rooney' on the back, twisting further the attitudes and perceptions of those who were bent already toward radicalism.

It was only a couple of chickens. Real chickens. The kind that walk around clucking and pecking. Which is what they were doing. Only no one else seemed to care, or even notice. This is normal? Obviously I had a little hiccup reading my notecards. Understandable. I was talking to forty orphans who had to share a dirt floor with two chickens. No one in college had ever prepared me for this scenario.

The only thing worse than losing hope is to be the reason someone else loses hope.

Farid asked, 'Do American teachers care about every student?'I thought about a humanities teacher I’d worked with in Korea and more recently a science teacher I’d worked with in Germany. I said, 'I think most schools have a resident idiot.

A gut full of heroin and the looming possibility of bunking in an overcrowded cell in Kerobokan to await my death makes you feel a bit sorry for some of the things you've done.

My job had been to get the package from point A to point B and what happened after that did not need to concern me. I was just the mule.

All you young Aussies just want to fuck and get fucked up, no?

Totally isolated from our own culture for long periods, we became vulnerable to forgotten times and tribes re-awakening within us. Our journeys, we found, were to take us simultaneously to some of the least-charted regions of the planet and to the least-charted regions of our own minds. What began for us as the effort to capture a purely objective record of what we saw gradually dissolved into a quest, an odyssey of self-discovery which actually took place amongst the last of the lands of real l

I’d volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free.

Perhaps more surprising, even the rich in developing countries also lag. For example, in Indonesia, the richest quintile has scores around 450--less than the 500 for the poorest quintile in Korea or the same as the poorest quintile in UK. So in poor countries, the richest are still getting a mediocre education, and the poor cannot be said to be getting any education at all.

Besides the pain in my gut, why shouldn't I laugh? I've almost escaped death in a foreign country.

Communism was born from a beautiful dream, the likes of which there will never be again on the face of this earth: that there would no longer be lazy men who eat their fill while others work hard and starve.

I think that Richard was more of a one-girl-for-the-rest-of-your-life-marry-and-make-a-family kind of guy.

During the Japanese invasion, bombs had fallen from the sky and people could run for cover. Now, they exploded in the middle of the road, or in the fields while people were playing soccer.

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?

Writing is the only way to change the world without leaving bed.

Your imagination and some masturbation is a much better alternative to finding out what kind of person a bit of casual sex transforms you into.

Don't get me wrong, she was an attractive girl, but the last thing she needed was to get mixed up with me.

My book "Bamboo Walls" is forever because the Djojobojo Prophecy is timeless!

There has to be at least one other reason besides money that makes you do the things that you do.

There's no need to blame fate or destiny for a stupid decision.

People are raised to believe that happiness is the land to which they are destined to travel. But that belief, which one so easily accepts as true, might just as well be a mirage.

He seemed like he was baiting me to ask, like he wanted me to know his troubles but wanted me to ask first.

I came to see that man finds meaning in his existence only through the active demonstration of his human self, a cosmos comprising the entire constellation of life's factors: culture, civilization, tradition, history, ideals, facts, physical conditions, one's mental state, the ecology, and so on.

The day, like all good days, passed far too quickly.

She's happy to be home but being home means that it's an end to her adventure and escape.

Our bags will be light because it's the best way to travel.

I'd gotten on the piss and it had kicked me the fuck off. Hard.

Besides, if it was the wrong choice, what difference was one more bad decision going to make?

Your choices can only be limited by your mind.

Don't just hope, dear. Plan and do. Only reserve hope for the things you cannot control.

Living the rest of my life in Kerobokan, waiting to die, was what I had in front of me.

You need a break every once in a while to enjoy the everyday and you need the everyday to enjoy the break you take every once in a while.

Reassuring thoughts have a funny way of getting stuck on repeat. Then you wake up one day and you can't remember where you put the last thirty years of your life.

However, with a gut full of heroin, it's hard to be an optimist.

Can't get myself down by thinking about what could have been, right?

I'd gotten high enough to fly through time.

I figured this guy was a fair dinkum Australian. The type of guy that worked the land all day, cracked open a beer or two at night and called girls 'sheilas'.

That's one of those questions that you think of a better answer for five minutes after you've answered it.

I figured, what harm could come from a little bit of fun? Crabs. The Canadian girl gave me crabs.

I figured that maybe he was only hanging around for the tea and tobacco and when one ran out, so would he.

Sure, I might not be someone to look up to, but you're no role model either.

By the first mouthful I knew that I was going to get drunk that night. The drink tasted too good not to.

What's inside is none of your business. Your business is getting it for him and getting it to him.

Your choice is your choice and you need to accept what happens, not shift the blame to someone else if it doesn't turn out your way.

I don't make people smoke pot or meth, snort coke, put pills or tabs in their mouths or shoot themselves up with heroin. I just transport the stuff.

I'm not a hero, though. I'm just a man.

It'll be the biggest decision of my life. Knowing me, I'll probably make the wrong choice.

Anxiety's already tingling my skin.

A donation to the police officer's back pocket should have you on your way without a problem.

Appreciate the negatives. Because the negatives are what you learn from to make more positives.

Yeah," I said because it led to more options than 'no'.

Do you want me to call the internet police for you?

Natural art is the most amazing form of art there is.

In my defence, I did like my ex until she cheated on me. I just thought the feeling was love.

Staying out all night and sleeping most of the day is quite a drain on the wallet.

I guess my biggest problem is that I find it easier to relapse than to carry through.

My old ways were much more appealing than my new ways.

When you're in the safety of the future, the past doesn't seem so relevant.

I have two moods when I get drunk. The common mood is the lazy, happy-go-lucky guy. The uncommon mood is the frustrated, self-deprecating guy. That night was the latter.

I was far too nervous to be concerned about contributing to the conversations.

I also smoked two cigarettes, which was pretty good considering I could have smoked five if I'd really tried.

You'll be making so much cash that you won't know what to waste it on.

For you, I do morning price.

My biggest problem is that my flight is to depart from Denpasar International Airport in Indonesia, where the penalty for drug trafficking is death by firing squad.

The Delta agent saw my itinerary and said, 'You’re flying to Jakarta via Atlanta, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur? You must have really pissed off your travel agent.

The night skyline was stunning. I could see the Monas and Istiqlal Mosque bathed in brilliant white lights and a dozen other places of cultural and historical significance. It’s an amazing, beautiful world we live in … despite Uncle Google’s abysmal view of American schools, the security checkpoints and vehicle inspections that seem to be everywhere, and the need to be vigilant because of the things we do to each other.

I’d see the arrow. I’d think about attitude and perception. Maybe the green arrow on the ceiling is to Muslims as the KJV in the Motel 6 nightstand is to Christians.