"If the country is to survive as a democracy it will depend on voters who understand how our political institutions have evolved and the events that went into their creation. A nation's sense of its history is indistinguishable from its social cohesion."

-- Alan Bullock

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“Anger is just a demand for change, a passionate wish for things to be different.”

Source : Rachel Naomi Remen (2006). “Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.94, Penguin
“That's one of the troubles of photography; the implication that what you have in that photograph is the way it is, and of course a year later that's not the way it is. Life moves on and the picture stays. That can be a wonderful idea to be a part of history and on the other hand, you think pictures have a life that they don't have.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut”
“Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I'm in public. It might as well be a press conference.”
“It's a very, very difficult space to operate in, the restaurant business-it requires a lot of human beings to intersect at just the right place to make it all work out.”
“I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it's an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I've learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them.”
“The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water.”
“Thus I alone, where all my freedom grew, In prison pine with bondage and restraint; And with remembrance of the greater grief To banish the less, I find my chief relief.”

Source : Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (Illustrated)”, p.36, Delphi Classics

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