"Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough."

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Josh Billings

#Life Quotes #Positive Quotes #Inspiration Quotes

“Contemporary political theorists continue this type of thinking about democracy by arguing that the development of "public judgment" among regular citizens should be made the central concern of modern politics. Public judgment, in the words of Benjamin Barber, is a function of commonality that can be exercised only by citizens interacting with one another in the context of mutual deliberation and decision.”

Source : Kevin Mattson (1994). “Creating a Democratic Public: The Struggle for Urban Participatory Democracy During the Progressive Era”, p.4, Penn State Press
“It is freely admitted that this "testing" is far from ideal and could even be described as anecdotal.”
“I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.”
“I really learn from something that really inspires me and it becomes something that I remember.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It should look like a drama.”
“I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.”
“I think that you have to seriously have fun, or taking serious things in a light way and obviously, for me, before all, music is made of fun and pleasure and excitement.”

Source : Danish "Monitor" radio programme interview, November 30, 2005.
“The single most effective way to make a service as reliable as possible is to make it as simple as possible. Find the simplest solution that meets all the requirements.”

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