"Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security."

-- Susan Rice

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“Stand-up comedy is a science. Every comedian is a psychology major, naturally.”
“Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.”

Source : The Game of Chess ch. 9 (1931)
“Your mother all but accused me of something that is, among my kind, the highest crime a man can commit. There is no trial, only punishment, because it is considered better to let an innocent man die than let a guilty one live." (Page 79.)”

Source : Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (2008). “Hawksong”, p.173, Delacorte Press
“I'm really showing the people what's happening. I'm showing them love. You're spending on guns and drugs and bombs and stuff like those and you're still not reaching out to the people who are suffering. You found money to make bombs and destructive weapons, but you ain't finding no money to help people suffering.”

Source : Source: www.thepier.org
“I had a job on a newspaper in Wisconsin, and I started off as most reporters did back then: writing obits and free ad giveaways.”
“Coming into Los Angeles, bringing in a couple of keys. Don't touch my bags, if you please Mr. Customs man.”
“We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.”
“As a kid, I had a background in theater.”

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