"Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this."

-- Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#Promise Quotes #May Quotes #Election Quotes

“From the point of the view of the nation's power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to be made to avoid adding to our enemies and opening additional fronts”
“I have found life highly competitive. I accept it. It is useless, merely a hypocritical humbug, to sincerely wish your opponent to win. If you are out to win you are better not wanting to know your opponent, much less grow to like him - and wish him, honestly success over you. I have never functioned that way.”
“Tania,â€ he whispers, â€œpromise me you wonâ€™t forget me when I die.â€ â€œYou wonâ€™t die, soldier,â€ she says. â€œYou wonâ€™t die. Live! Live on, breathe on, claw onto life, and do not let go. Promise me you will live for me, and I promise you, when youâ€™re done, I will be waiting for you.â€ She is sobbing. â€œWhenever youâ€™re done, Alexander, I will be here, waiting for you.”
“The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself. To be gentle with oneself. To look at the world without blinders on. To observe and withstand what one sees. To be disciplined, and at the same time, take risks. To be willing to fail - not just once, but again and again, over the course of a lifetime.”

Source : Dani Shapiro (2013). “Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life”, p.10, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I fully support the goal of species protection and conservation and believe that recovery and ultimately delisting of species should be the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's top priority under ESA.”
“Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.”
“How can time be so wrong for love to come along? Catch me I'm falling for you...”

Source : Song: Catch Me I'm Falling
“The creative person should have no other biography than his works.”

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