"As someone who lived under communism for most of my life I feel obliged to say that the biggest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity at the beginning of the 21st century is not communism or its various softer variants. Communism was replaced by the threat of ambitious environmentalism."

-- Vaclav Klaus

#Democracy Quotes #Ambitious Quotes #Global Warming Quotes

“Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers. Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you'll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to.”
“But, though I was very much in lust with him, I knew from the start we were nothing like "forever." Maybe because forever is such a scary place.”
“Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?”
“From the biological standpoint, people deprived of the human moment in their day-to-day business dealings, actually in all domains of their lives, are losing brain cells - literally - while those who cultivate the human moment are growing them.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“How capable are we of bringing about authentic change if we don't have voices from the margins?”
“If you love something, let it go. If you don't love something, definitely let it go. Basically, just drop everything, who cares.”

Source : Jon Richardson (2011). “It’s Not Me, It’s You!: Impossible perfectionist, 27, seeks very very very tidy woman”, p.12, HarperCollins UK
“I'd love to do a fashion label in the future. I've been thinking a lot recently about maybe making a line of little dresses, so maybe one day.”
“I feel more meditative when I don't have a home. I like being put into a new place and making friends with people from a different culture, trying to find the lines of communication. It's a lot of reflection of myself and seeing new scenery.”

Source : "Le1f’s Riot Movement". Interview with Shayne Oliver, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 9, 2015.

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