"When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy."

-- Akbar Ganji

#Democracy Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Crisis Quotes

“I think a lot of people can get wrapped up in comparing themselves. And that's when the tragic downfall comes, because there will always be someone more beautiful.”

Source : "KE$HA and the Not-Quite-72 Virgins in Her Own Personal Heaven". Interview with Mayy Sullivan, www.esquire.com. August 13, 2009.
“God created seaweedâ€¦ The seaweed made the world.”
“There were ten dancers - four guys and six girls - including me, on the Beyonce tour. Sometimes we would go out with her, to events. She was really normal - just like everybody else!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.”
“Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.”
“I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.”
“The street kid in me says, "Grab the money and run - who cares who it's from! Don't think about whatever you have to do for it or when you have to do it!”
“There are words and there are feelings and somewhere between where the two meet is the truth”

Source : Laura Dave (2007). “London Is the Best City in America”, p.246, Penguin

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