Oriana Fallaci Quote Explained: Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

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Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?

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· Italy

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I didn’t want to kill a man. I’m not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.

- Oriana Fallaci

Journalist

· Italy

Tyrants

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I no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to.

- Oriana Fallaci

Journalist

· Italy

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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.

- Oriana Fallaci

Journalist

· Italy

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There are three points of view to everything – mine, yours, and the truth.

- Oriana Fallaci

Journalist

· Italy

Perspective

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America’s a hard school, I know, but hard schools make excellent graduates.

- Oriana Fallaci

Journalist

· Italy

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Sometimes the dead are more alive than the living. And they can kill the living.

- Oriana Fallaci

Journalist

· Italy

Alive
Death

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You belong neither to God nor the state nor me. You belong to yourself and no one else.

- Oriana Fallaci

Journalist

· Italy

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?

I didn’t want to kill a man. I’m not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.

I no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to.

You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.

There are three points of view to everything – mine, yours, and the truth.

America’s a hard school, I know, but hard schools make excellent graduates.

Sometimes the dead are more alive than the living. And they can kill the living.

You belong neither to God nor the state nor me. You belong to yourself and no one else.

I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain

Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.

Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you.

Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication.

The real function of art is to change mental patterns … making new thought possible.

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

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