"Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions."

-- Mo Yan

#Voice Quotes #Use Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.”
“After living with Richard, I discovered that men are only good at cleaning stuff they can hose down.”
“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.”
“It's important to remember how our friends have such a powerful influence on us and vice versa. This can be a great thing as long as your friends surround you with love, loyalty, respect and positivity.”

Source : "Summers sees end to 'sense of free-fall'". Financial Times, April 09, 2009.
“We hope we're better. The reality is we had a pretty darn good team last year. But you can't just throw your gloves out there and be good again. We want to take that next step as a team.”
“Nowhere in the world, in no act of genocide, in no war, are so many people killed per minute, per hour and per day as those who are killed by hunger and poverty on our planet.”
“I shall never forget the despair and agony on the parents' faces on the awful day of the funeral when the 13 little children, victims not only of John D. Rockefeller, but of the government of the state of Colorado were buried.”
“Change may be the vitalizing wind blowing through the house of life, but it is not an abiding force. We need permanent things to soak peace into us as well as progress - the beauty of the earth, seedtime and harvest, the smiles of lovers, the joy of the young in being alive, pride in craftsmanship. Why, oh why must we let ourselves forget these lasting treasures in an age of consuming ambition, speed madness and accumulated goods that leave us no chance to live? If we cannot be contented with a little no wealth will ever satisfy us.”

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