"We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side."

-- Tahar Ben Jelloun

#Engagement Quotes #World Quotes #Able Quotes

“Fiction is open to whoever comes in the door, as long as you come in energetically.”
“Anything that's worth anything is complicated.”

Source : Tom Rachman (2010). “The Imperfectionists: A Novel”, p.260, Dial Press
“The few things that work fantastically well should be identified, cultivated, nurtured, and multiplied.”

Source : Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.26, Nicholas Brealey Publishing
“Art has more ego to it than what I do.”

Source : "Eva Zeisel's Century", www.wired.com. December 12, 2006.
“You are discontented with the world because you can't get just the small things that suit your pleasure, not because it's a world where myriads of men and women are ground by wrong and misery, and tainted with pollution.”
“Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered.”

Source : Lois Lowry (1993). “The Giver”, p.128, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I've been on the other side of the table many times, trying to get people to be sympathetic to projects, and I've been the victim of that kind of intense kindness masking extreme stupidity.”
“[T]here's a good reason to stay pessimistic about deficits as far as the eye can see. It's called the 'news' media. Legislators who want to get re-elected will clearly want to avoid any spending decision that will create bad national publicity, and our news media, the manufacturers of bad national publicity, will send crying victims down the assembly line at the slightest thought of a social spending cut or freeze. Exhibit A is Sen. Jim Bunning.”

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