"We also know that the various faith-based institutions provide about 50 per cent of the health and education services in the poor communities; we also know that they have a large constituency including women and youth; they have outreach and networks and they are credible to their people. If we want to achieve the Millennium Development Foals by scaling up the responses of all the communities, do we ignore this large investment in people? Or do we engage in dialogue and in action?"

-- Thoraya Obaid

#People Quotes #Community Quotes #Culture Quotes

“The message of Vietnam is not that Americans will not take casualties; it is that the American people do not want the lives of their sons and daughters wasted.”

Source : Ralph Peters (2004). “Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World”, p.287, Stackpole Books
“In the wake of the Cultural Revolution and now of the recession I observe a mounting pressure to co-operate and to promote "teamwork". For its anti-individualistic streak, such a drive is of course highly suspect; some people may not be so sensitive to it, but having seen the Hitlerjugend in action suffices for the rest of your life to be very wary of "team spirit". Very.”
“Whenever a liberal begins a statement with 'I don't know which is more frightening,' you know the answer is going to be pretty clear.”
“It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world.”
“You must ignore the bad and adopt the good.”

Source : Gichin Funakoshi (1994). “Karate-dō Nyūmon: The Master Introductory Text”, p.46, Kodansha International
“My great crime wasn't refusing to represent an innocent man; my great crime was imagining that there was some path to racial justice that did not include those we view as 'guilty'.”
“I do so much work that I don't have a lot of time for my life!”
“The present is all the ready money Fate can give.”

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