"You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unlike the popular cliche that pressure is exerted, or that maybe an unwilling source is done away with."

-- Markus Wolf

#Pressure Quotes #Done Quotes #Cliche Quotes

“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.”
“Even the kinds of ingredients you can find in your own kitchen can be used to make bombs. So the problem is with the people and not with the tools.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. July 22, 2012.
“We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we try to prevent it. We know we can't win, but we're driven to give him a good fight.”
“Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.”
“People are put into your life for seasons, for different reasons, and to teach you lessons.”
“We will learn no matter what! Learning is as natural as rest or play. With or without books, inspiring trainers or classrooms, we will manage to learn. Educators can, however, make a difference in what people learn and how well they learn it. If we know why we are learning and if the reason fits our needs as we perceive them, we will learn quickly and deeply.”
“Look, I debate for a living so I don't need to learn any lessons from amateurs.”
“A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.”

Source : Fisher Ames (1809). “Works of Fisher Ames”, p.429

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