"When we generate utopian visions and hope to make them happen soon â€“ when we elect Barack Obama and expect all our problems to be solved, and solved quickly, by his presidency â€“ the outcome is both predictable and tragic. That is not the way to engage social change in a democracy. And it is not the way to help democracy itself survive and thrive. Democracy is a non-stop experiment. Each generation must help sustain it, which means being in it day-by-day for the long haul."

-- Parker J. Palmer

#Mean Quotes #Long Quotes #Vision Quotes

“We need truth to grow in the same way that we need vitamins, affection and love.”
“It hurts to much to be close to you, but continually pushed away.”
“The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed down through generations and was taught to me when I was but a little lad. It is now my own song. It belongs to me. This is a holy song (medicine-song), and great is its power. The song tells how, as I sing, I go through the air to a holy place where Yusun (The Supreme Being) will give me power to do wonderful things. I am surrounded by little clouds, and as I go through the air I change, becoming spirit only.”
“Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world. [..] Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing. Apologize today, before remorse will do you no good. Our nation is moving forwards, and it is in your interest to respect a victorious nation.”

Source : Khaled Mashal's Address at the Al-Murabit Mosque in Damascus, 2006.
“What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.”

Source : "My family and other actors". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2003.
“As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific actor is an even worker. Any one may achieve on some rare occasion an outburst of genuine feeling, a gesture of imperishable beauty, a ringing accent of truth; but your scientific actor knows how he did it. He can repeat it again and again and again. He can be depended on.”
“Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when itâ€™s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked”
“Love does not take away from one in order to give to another.”

Source : "Model's Web rants pined for love" by Veronika Belenkaya and Brian Harmon, www.nydailynews.com. June 29, 2008.

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