The scholar must be willing to risk being wrong - Edward Said

"The scholar must be willing to risk being wrong"

Edward Said Perseverance

Literary Critic, Theorist Palestinian-American 1935–2003

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"The intellectual is always, or should be, an outsider"

"Orientalism is a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient"

"To be human is to be in a situation of conflict and challenge"

"Secular humanism is not a negation of religion; it is a form of religion"

"Perseverance is the key to success."

"Don't give up on what you believe in."

"I've been through worse."

"You learn to live with the pain."