"I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price."

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John le Carre

#Maturity Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Age Quotes

“Well, the first and only time I went hunting, I shot a deer, and it mortified me. I just couldn't do it again. But I know a lot about guns, so I go to the gun range and stuff like that with friends sometimes.”
“What would I do if I wasn't afraid?”
“The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and... an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that he may not be the one left behind if there is something to it.”
“Hillary Clinton, [Democrats] say, leads the popular vote by two million, and a shift of a few votes in a few states would have won the election.”
“Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.”
“We are facing an enormous crisis in Africa right now in terms of illegal wildlife trafficking, which is decimating animal populations, destroying local economies, and funding armed insurgencies and terrorist syndicates. If we do not find solutions to this crisis now, there will be little habitat left beyond sparse areas of national parks that will serve as glorified zoos to small pockets of remaining animals.”
“Winning medals wasn't the point of the Olympics. It's the participating that counts.”

Source : "The Olympics - Where Are They Headed?". Awake! Magazine, February 8, 1977.
“Promise yourself you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible. Promise to think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best in yourself and others. Promise to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements in the future.”

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