"The minority must have involvement in society. You can have different cultural practices that you accept. But if you are going to adopt democracy in government, then the government itself must allow the minority to be heard."

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Source : Interview with Rami Eljundi, World Internet News, April 26, 2006.

Sheila Jackson Lee

#Government Quotes #Practice Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you're already writing it for film, because the only way to do it well is to use some of the same tricks. They're rhetorical, not visual, but it's the same move.”
“I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out.”
“Dad is always hiding in his book.”
“Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.”
“I think everyone has some fascination with what's outside our existence. It's a constant journey to find the truth.”
“Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.”
“The thing about real life is that important events don't announce themselves... Usually something that is going to change your whole life is a memory before you can stop and be impressed about it.”
“Art's the biggest vanity: the assumption that one's view of peace or fright or beauty is permanently communicable.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “Setting the Tone: Essays and a Diary”, p.110, Open Road Media

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