"As it is now, decades after 1965, the people of Indonesia have no clue about any other system except their own, or about true democracy."

-- Andre Vltchek

#People Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Clue Quotes

“I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.”
“While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and destroyed records rather than have to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles. So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the media. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”

Source : "A Man Without a Country". Book by Kurt Vonnegut (pp. 102-103), September 15, 2005.
“I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV.”
“I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting.”
“When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.”
“I want to be strong and empowered. I want to shock everybody.”

Source : "The lovely and talented Vanessa Hudgens", www.foxnews.com.
“The fact is that people would rather cling when they're afraid of something to a priori beliefs than rather open their minds about it.”
“Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.”

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