"For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations. Because, at the end of the day, it could, if necessary by force, get its own way."

-- Martin Jacques

#Motivation Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Years Quotes

“If, as Niko asks, you show them mercy, then the gods will be well pleased.”
“Faith is not the result of fuzy thinking. It is the cause of it.”
“I remember the first few months of the [Ronald] Reagan administration when all sorts of things happened too fast. We cannot allow that to happen.”
“I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.”
“I don't often know where my ideas come from. Maybe it's the fact that I'm obsessively regimented in my analysis, borderline autistic. But whether it's bond selection or asset allocation, we can do it better than just about anybody around.”
“My parents pressed upon me that "In this world, you are a black woman," so I was political about my hair and would not straighten it.”

Source : "Your Race, Your Looks". Glamour's Women, Race and Beauty panel, www.glamour.com. February 3, 2008.
“Basically, I want people to feel feelings. It's too easy to go through this world being told to keep our emotions in check, as if they inhibit us in some way or another.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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