"Confidentiality and transparency are not mutually exclusive, but rather two sides of the same coin."

-- Thomas de Maiziere

#Two Sides Quotes #Coins Quotes #Transparency Quotes

“I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jerry B. Jenkins from Oct 29, 2013
“This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.”
“The novel's not the best form for disposing ideas, though that's one thing it can do. It likely is the best form, though, for conveying the experience of us each being alone, trapped in our skulls with only these bodies and this imperfect instrument of language to convey our state and to find meaning and connection.”
“What poetry is asking us to accept can be difficult. Our proximity to our mortality, the fragility of our existence, how close we live in every moment to nameless abysses, and the way language itself is beautifully, tragically, thrillingly insufficient...these are some of the engines that drive the poem. It's natural to want to turn away from these things. But we have to face them, as best we can, at least sometimes. Poetry can help us in that nearly impossible work.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.”
“Identity politics divides us; fiction connects. One is interested in sweeping generalizations, the other in nuances. One draws boundaries, the other recognizes no frontiers. Identity politics is made of solid bricks; fiction is flowing water.”
“This is someone [Michael Flynn] who is considered a loyalist and as we have watched this transition process unfold, again roiled by reports of turmoil, Donald Trump seems to be really focusing right now in this initial phase on loyalists.”
“When I was really young, I shot a lot with my Super 8.”

You may also like:

Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
Joachim Gauck
President of Germany
Peer Steinbruck
Former Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)
Sigmar Gabriel
Former German Federal Minister of the Environment
Wolfgang Schauble
Former Federal Minister of the Interior (Germany)
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Former Vice-Chancellor of Germany
Guido Westerwelle
Former Vice-Chancellor of Germany
Horst Seehofer
Minister-President
Rick Hillier
Armed force officer