"We Have the Ability to Achieve, If We Master the Necessary Goodwill, a Common Global Society"

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Mahnaz Afkhami

#Culture Quotes #Common Quotes #Achieve Quotes

“In many inner cities, there are issues of less economic stability, poorer education, community centers being stripped away, arts being removed from the school system leaving many children imbalanced, isolated from their most powerful self... the independent thinker, the creator, the dreamer often leaving children more susceptible to other harmful things out of boredom or feelings of rejection.”
“I know that sounds clichÃ©, but mostly from my own experiences and things I see around me. We're all human beings, and a lot of the things I write about are pretty universal things.”
“My real last name is Galifianakisburg.”
“In this world, I've got no choice: there is nothing left at all; and you don't notice, but that's all right: you don't know what it's like.”
“I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part of our happiness or misary depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, in our minds, wherever we go.”
“In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.”
“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.”

Source : Veto Message on Bank Bill, 10 July 1832
“I strive to live with passion and not to be desensitised to life. Things matter to me. Youâ€™ve got to live like that. Otherwise whatâ€™s the point? Itâ€™s not possible to please everyone and there is no point in trying to be what other people think you should be. For me, itâ€™s important to be who I am, not just to be different but to be as authentic as I can be.”

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