"The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold the society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals."

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Source : Lal Bahadur Shastri (1967). “Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri commemoration souvenir”

Lal Bahadur Shastri

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“People define gay cinema solely by content: if there are gay characters in it, itâ€™s a gay film. . . .Â I think thatâ€™s really simplistic. Heterosexuality to me is a structure as much as it is a content. It is an imposed structure that goes along with the patriarchal, dominant structure that constrains and defines society. If homosexuality is the opposite or counter-sexual activity to that, then what kind of a structure would it be?”

Source : "What’s Happening to ‘Queer’ Cinema in the LGBT Film Boom?" by E. Alex Jung, www.vulture.com. May 16, 2018.
“Viewed up close, nobody is normal.”
“Running through airports with pounds of luggage - that's a good workout.”
“Though I know for a fact that some of my fans would be happy for me to do anything that's going to help me be successful, namely to go to a major label, and I thank them for that, there'd be a lot of people who I think wouldn't be so happy with that change, and when I DO get dropped, then where would I be?”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“I must say a few words about memory. It is full of holes. If you were to lay it out upon a table, it would resemble a scrap of lace. I am a lover of history . . . [but] history has one flaw. It is a subjective art, no less so than poetry or music. . . . The historian writes a truth. The memoirist writes a truth. The novelist writes a truth. And so on. My mother, we both know, wrote a truth in The 19th Wifeâ€“ a truth that corresponded to her memory and desires. It is not the truth, certainly not. But a truth, yes . . . Her book is a fact. It remains so, even if it is snowflaked with holes.”
“That's one of those questions that would just love to have a pat answer. You know, poetry's job is to make us feel good. Poetry exists to allow us to express our innermost feelings. There isn't one role for poetry in society. There are many roles for poetry. I wrote a poem to seduce my wife. I wrote a poem when I asked her to marry me. Poetry got me laid. Poetry got me married.”

Source : Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.
“I do Pilates, and hike with my dog.”
“During those days when you're exhausted and during those days when you're frustrated, during those days when you're being attacked by your own people for doing what you think is right, remember you're part of a progression that goes back a long time of ordinary people who are doing their best to make it a better world.”

Source : Source: www.bilerico.com

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