"By the time of the GDR's demise, two in every 13 citizens were informers."

-- Luke Harding

#Two Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Demise Quotes

“Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.”

Source : Stanislav Grof (2000). “Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research”, p.267, SUNY Press
“Once I knew what it was to rest upon the rock of God's promises, and it was indeed a precious resting place, but now I rest in His grace. He is teaching me that the bosom of His love is a far sweeter resting-place than even the rock of His promises.”
“I had My Little Ponies. I was obsessed with the idea of a creature that was born with something magical that sort of made them the misfit in the world of the stallion. Iâ€™m actually quite obsessed with unicorns. They are in essence a mythical creature. The unicorn is born magical and itâ€™s not the unicornâ€™s fault and it doesnâ€™t make it any more or less special or any less unique but it canâ€™t help that it was born with that magic.”
“I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me”
“Debt is not caused by spending, it is caused by buying things that you don't pay for. Or, it's caused by cutting revenues that you don't offset ... by cuts in spending.”
“When it comes to selling stocks, it is plain that nobody can sell unless somebody wants those stocks.If you operate on a large scale you will have to bear that in mind all the time.”

Source : Edwin Lefèvre (2004). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.88, John Wiley & Sons
“One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways.”
“The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.”

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