"When hopes of reform are dashed, people will rise up and seek revolution,"

-- Xu Zhiyong

#People Quotes #Reform Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“There isnâ€™t a person at the Koch brothers events who would not get a good return on their investment by investing in [Santorum] as president, because of what they believe about the free enterprise system.”
“Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.”

Source : "Poetics". Book by Daniel James Brooks (Book 1, p. 72), 2013.
“If you take a sophisticated idea, reduce it to the simplest possible terms so that itâ€™s accessible to everybody, and donâ€™t get simple mixed up with simplistic, itâ€™s how you mount and present something that makes it engaging.”
“Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.”
“To me, bigger is better.”
“So it is that there is nothing to be taught, but yet there is something to be learned.”
“I miss the game - I miss it a lot.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm more of a warrior than you'll ever be. I believe in the class war. I believe in the battle of the sexes. I believe in my tribe. I believe in the righteous, intelligent clued-up section of the working classes against the brain-dead moronic masses as well as the mediocre, soulless bourgeoisie.”

Source : Irvine Welsh (2009). “T2 Trainspotting”, p.483, Random House

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