"Many of the democratization projects are a real threat to real democracy."

-- Nigel Gibson

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“There is nothing worse than having an enemy who is a total loser. It's incredibly frustrating when seeking revenge against one, because you come to the realization that there is really nothing you can do to make the person's life worse than it already is. They have nothing to take; there is no way to screw them over if you have been their victim. It's maddening.”
“We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.”
“When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.”

Source : Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company
“I didn't stop hating my body because my body changed; I stopped hating my body because my mind changed. I realized that the beauty standards I'd grown up striving and failing to meet were artificial and arbitrary, and I could choose to simply say "no" and define my own value.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.”
“When we mourn those who die young â€“ those who have been robbed of time â€“ we weep for lost joys. We weep for opportunities and pleasure we ourselves have never known. We feel sure that somehow that young body would have known the yearning delight for which we searched in vain all our lives. We believe that the untried soul, trapped in its young prison, might have flown free and known the joy that we still seek.”

Source : "Damage: a novel".
“Tottenham ice their sublime cake with the ridiculous.”
“The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.”

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