"Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work."

-- Michael Novak

#Work Quotes #Political Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry without the pleasure of perceiving those advances, which, like the hand of a clock, whilst they make hourly approaches to their point, yet proceed so slowly as to escape observation.”

Source : Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edward Malone (1867). “The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds: Containing His Discourses, Idlers, A Journey to Flanders and Holland, and His Commentary on Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting; to which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by Edward Malone”, p.19
“They say it figures MTV would do such a vulgar, awful, horrible show and they completely miss that it's satirizing the people who watch MTV.”
“Resentment is when you allow whatâ€™s eating you to eat you up. Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist. Bitterness is the trap that snares the hunter. And mercy is the choice that can set them all free.”
“In any group of people, no matter how hard-assed they might appear, thereâ€™s always a geek.”
“He was looking at her with amused suspicion. There was something between them, and even she had to acknowledge that a tame remark about the weather sounded perverse.”
“No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.”
“Detroit was kind of a random thing where it was like a chance to be in a rock 'n' roll movie.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I just try and do the best with every role I get to do. Hopefully the experience in itself is a good experience and people will want to work with me.”

Source : "Joan Allen talks about The Upside of Anger and Off the Map". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. March 10, 2005.

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