"I've not much faith in the future of the planet and I'm not just thinking about Mr. Bush or global warming. I feel that we've lost our way and it looks as if, in so many fields, things are turning sour. Even democracy is turning sour, isn't it?"

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Source : Source: strandmag.com

Colin Dexter

#Thinking Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Looks Quotes

“I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.”

Source : "Lecture on Nothing" (1961)
“Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for”
“When that strange race nears the dust and is condemned as untouchable, then nature remembers the physical perfection that she accomplished elsewhere, and throws out a god-not many, but one here and there, to prove to society how little its categories impress her.”
“Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.”
“Everything in the film [Tickling], which was vetted by lawyers, is perfectly legal. I'm not losing any sleep over what I did.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Learning is never done without errors and defeat.”
“Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.”
“Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds.”

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