"Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human."

-- Ai Weiwei

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Political Quotes

“I was shocked when they told me congratulations, you won, that's the good news. Then the bad news is that you have six battles next week. That was a bit of a shocker. I was exhausted. And I had Chopped shooting that same week. I didn't have a sous chef lined up; I thought that was bad karma to try to think ahead. So I scrambled. I scrambled the jets, took off and we bombed our target. I think it's gone well.”
“It has always seemed to me that if you could talk about your work in fully-formed phrases, you wouldn't write it. The writing is the statement, you see, and it seems to me that the poem or the story or the novel you write is the kind of metaphor you cast on life.”
“We must make a journey around the world to see if a back door has perhaps been left open.”
“Our nation's anti-hunger programs need to be strengthened.”
“A good four to six weeks is about right for a proper break.”
“If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go and that is down.”
“Where humanity sowed faith, hope, and unity, joyâ€™s garden blossomed.”

Source : Aberjhani (2010). “The River of Winged Dreams”, p.19, Lulu.com
“Whether you say, 'I can' or 'I can't,' you're right either way.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 25, 2009

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