"A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery."

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Source : Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.13, Lulu.com

Mao Zedong

#Party Quotes #Writing Quotes #Dinner Quotes

“Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?”
“When I was in court I was the judge; when I was out of court I wasn't. Most people didn't address me as judge when I was in public.”
“Fashion: the search for a new absurdity.”
“No government can be trusted, that does not trust its own people with military-style arms of greater weight and power than those possessed by the central government itself.”
“Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.”

Source : Aravind Adiga (2011). “Last Man in Tower”, p.34, Atlantic Books Ltd
“As I cooked in the cauldron of motherhood, the incredible love I felt for my children opened my heart and brought me a much greater understanding of universal love. It made me understand the suffering of the world much more deeply.”

Source : Tsultrim Allione (2000). “Women of Wisdom”, p.41, Shambhala
“I am not generous about telling people who I am and what I like to do because it's my life and it only belongs to me and my friends and family.”

Source : "Elena Anaya: Almodóvar's new leading lady". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. August 13, 2011.
“One's ships come in over a calm sea.”

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