"There's no guarantee that justice will win out or that a noble sacrifice will make any difference. But when it does, there's something that still swells my chest. There's magic in that.... It tells me that's the way things are supposed to be."

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Source : “On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation” by Glenn Greenwald, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2013.

Brent Weeks

#Sacrifice Quotes #Winning Quotes #Differences Quotes

“I'm always buying gadgets, especially at airports.”
“Our nonverbals govern how other people think and feel about us.”

Source : "Your body language may shape who you are". TED conference, www.ted.com. June 2012.
“The photographerâ€™s vision convinces us to the degree that the photographer hides his hand.”
“I got a nice nine-month vacation living on the beach collecting sand dollars, and I really got to reflect and realize that in entertainment, you can definitely go too far.”
“I am always friendly with people. When media asks me for a picture or interview, I readily do it. However, I wouldn't like them clicking my picture when I am eating or when I visit a temple. I don't want to be big in front of God.”
“God told me to look after my people-all are my people.”
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.”
“Hard sciences are successful because they deal with the soft problems; soft sciences are struggling because they deal with the hard problems.”

Source : Heinz von Foerster (2007). “Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition”, p.191, Springer Science & Business Media

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