"The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest."

-- Chen Shui-bian

#People Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Prejudice Quotes

“Adam Smith's huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution.”
“If we keep the path of virtue undefiled through devout and true knowledge, and do not deviate to either side, we will experience the advent of God revealed to us because of our dispassion. For 'I will sing a psalm and in a pure path I will understand when Thou wilt come to me' (cf. Ps. 101:1-2). The psalm stands for virtuous conduct; understanding indicates the spiritual knowledge, gained through virtue, by means of which we perceive God's advent, when we wait for the Lord vigilant in the virtues.”
“The world hates us, but the bottom line is we're gonna have to show the world why they hate us by bombing the hell out of some people that have been hurting us. That's all. That's the end of it.”
“Our life is like a land journey, too even and easy and dull over long distances across the plains, too hard and painful up the steep grades; but, on the summits of the mountain, you have a magnificent viewâ€”and your eyes are full of happy tearsâ€”and you want to singâ€”and wish you had wings! And thenâ€”you canâ€™t stay there, but must continue your journeyâ€”you begin climbing down the other side, so busy with your footholds that your summit experience is forgotten”

Source : Lloyd C. Douglas (2012). “The Robe”, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.”
“I majored in geology in college but have majored in Herbert Hoover ever since.”
“When someone tells you something big, it's like you're taking money from them, and there's no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.”
“Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.”

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