"For a fledging democratic system to succeed, we need citizens who understand the procedures, believe in democratic rules and get personally involved."

-- Friedrich Naumann

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“A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God, and that all that is necessary is to be reconciled to one's helplessness and let our holy and almighty God care for us, just as an infant surrenders himself to his mother's care.”

Source : Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing
“for me the novel is a social vehicle, it reflects society.”
“Visiting is a pleasure; being visited is usually a mixed or ambivalent joy. ... The visitor can always go home; the visitee is already home, trapped like a rat in a drainpipe.”
“The best way to do it, is to do it!”
“Why do analysts always answer a question with a question?”
“I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.”

Source : "Meet a Critic: Richard Roeper". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. December 5, 2007.
“It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave.”
“Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.”

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