"Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage."

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Mikhail Lermontov

#Passion Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Stage Quotes

“In a sense, the artwork is the most important thing in getting somebody to buy a book. The person probably won't buy a book if he doesn't like the artwork. Once you buy it for the artwork, you hope that the story will also be good.”
“I Wanted To Sign Scholes For Killie But Fergie Burst Out Laughing”
“Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred.”

Source : Vandana Shiva (2005). “Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace”, p.11, Zed Books
“Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual sincerity of disposition. Such sincerity may be esteemed a moral excellence; for the lover of truth, who is truthful even when nothing depends on it, will a fortiori be truthful when some interest is at stake, since having all along avoided falsehood for its own sake, he will assuredly avoid it when it is morally base; and this is a disposition that we praise.”
“One of the things that I heard for years and years, never drive Russia and China together. And Obama has done that.”
“Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy?”

Source : "SHAPIRO: Why Socialism Is on the Rise". www.truthrevolt.org. January 8, 2014.
“I wear so many disguises on the show that only a real comedy fan might spot me.”
“I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. ... I'm a country songwriter and we write cry-in-your-beer songs. That's what we do. Something that you can slow dance to...I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. ... Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.”

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