"If a huge number of people call for change, the government will have to react. If you want to avoid uprisings, or demonstrations, you need to respond to the peoples desperate need for change."

-- Mohamed ElBaradei

#Government Quotes #Uprising Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.”
“Most public persons do not market themselves as cheating lowlives - certainly not politicians (okay, maybe a few rock stars.) But most people try to present a somewhat appealing persona, which is why sex is still a hot topic.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“You can meet a young person who goes to school and is really enthusiastic, but if a sufficiently strong personality convinces them that this is a waste of time, that person might flunk out.”
“Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves as being warriors. If we acknowledge ourselves as warriors, then there is a way in, because a warrior dares to be, like a tiger in the jungle.”
“I'm scared of you two in the same place. That's like putting in an order for trouble, rather than just wishing for it.”

Source : Lora Leigh (2016). “Wicked Pleasure:”, p.282, St. Martin's Griffin
“The most depressing thing about blogging is watching so-called 'citizen journalists' turn in to little more than easily offended partisan hacks. Any remark that is slightly less than completely and totally scripted and can give the slightest opportunity to offend some delicate soul somewhere is used to set off a series of partisan screeches and cries of outrage that would make the Church Lady jealous.”
“Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.”
“Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free”

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