"We certainly hoped perestroika would win out and that there would be changes. We knew all along that socialism could flourish only with a certain amount of freedom and democracy."

-- Stefan Heym

#Winning Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I've come to realize that however blue my circumstances, if after finishing a chapter of a Dickens novel I feel a miss-my-stop-on-the-train sort of compulsion to read on, then everything is probably going to be just fine.”

Source : Amor Towles (2011). “Rules of Civility”, p.98, Hachette UK
“It is not a medicine. You don't know what's in it. If there were compelling scientific and medical data supporting marijuana's medical benefits that would be one thing. But the data is not there.”
“I've calmed down already. I don't hook up anymore.”
“I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness.”

Source : "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey (Book I, Section I), 1969.
“I is what I is, and I'm not changing,”

Source : "Paula Deen: I would not have fired me". "The Today Show" with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. June 26, 2013.
“Okay, this might sound vague, but do you know this one girl with hair like this?”
“Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It was weird [touring with them]. It felt more like we were playing for Phoenix. They asked us because they're fans of what we do.”

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