Quotes
Authors
Zbigniew Brzezinski

"Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being. The economic self-denial (that is, defense spending) and the human sacrifice (casualties, even among professional soldiers) required in the effort are uncongenial to democratic instincts. Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization."

-- Zbigniew Brzezinski

#Passion Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Self Quotes

“But I firmly believe that you can't be emotionally free until you are emotionally committed.”
“I will set big goals for this country as president - some so large that the technology to reach them does not yet exist.""I will recruit new teachers and make new investments in rural schools, we'll connect all of America to 21st century technology and telecommunications.”
“I think people expect mud at festivals, I think you'd be asking for your money back if you didn't get it.”

Source : Interview with Matt Cotterill, higher-frequency.com. April 15, 2006.
“It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.”
“Be patient and gentle with yourself as you continue to learn new ways of eating and living. There is no need for hard-and-fast rules or white-knuckle determination. Keep leaning forward into the positive changes you are making, and then apply that same gentleness to your family and community.”
“Despite what I had acchieved, I don't for a moment think I am any braver or better than anyone else.Â This is how I attempt to explain what gives me the stregnth to do what I do; when that thunderbolt of an idea first hit me and inspired me to row across oceans, it filled me with a sense of purpose so strong that it overcame my fears.Â Even when boredom, frustration, fatigue or despair threatened to overwhelm me, it was that powerful sense of purpose that kept me going.”
“The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind...”

Source : Richard Whately (1856). “Selections from the Writings of Dr. Whately”, p.43
“Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.”

Source : Pauline Kael (1994). “For keeps”, E P Dutton

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