Oriana Fallaci
Oriana Fallaci
Oriana Fallaciwas an Italian journalist, author, and political interviewer. A partisan during World War II, she had a long and successful journalistic career. Fallaci became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution, and her interviews with many world leaders during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth29 June 1929
CityFlorence, Italy
CountryItaly
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?
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I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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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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I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
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Objectivity does not exist. The word is a hypocrisy which is sustained by the lie that the truth stays in the middle. No, sir: Sometimes truth stays on one side only.
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I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.
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Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?