"America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry?"

-- Azar Nafisi

#America Quotes #Vision Quotes #Poetic Quotes

“Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.”

Source : "The LikeMe Lighthouse: A New Beacon of Hope for Kansas City’s LGBT Residents" by Chely Wright, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 10, 2012.
“It is time to provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a democracy cannot be honest, cannot be efficient.... We have in the darkest moments of our national trials retained our faith in our own ability to master our own destiny.”
“We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.”
“Kuwait needs tougher guarding. Guarding that's not limited to weapons, soldiers and border control, but extends to every Kuwaiti soul with awareness, vigilance and anticipation”
“The thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact power has no sex.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.”
“Vivek Oberoi is the most over rated actor in Hindi cinema”
“Never affirm or repeat about your health what you do not wish to be true.”

Source : Ralph Waldo Trine (2013). “In Tune with the Infinite”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

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