"I think a repressive regime always fears people who are awakened - particularly ordinary people. If they are awakened, I think governments all over the world feel uncomfortable about that; they want to be in control. They want to be the ones telling people: "This is what we have done in history" but when people begin to say, "No this is what we have done in history" it's a different thing."

-- Ngugi wa Thiong'o

#Thinking Quotes #Government Quotes #People Quotes

“Even the great can have only their own sort of greatness.”

Source : Zoë Akins (1923). “Déclassée: Daddy's gone a-hunting; and Greatness - a comedy ...”
“I am the Ayatollah of rock 'n' rolla”
“Those having torches will pass them on to others.”
“Our capacity for fulfillment can come only through faith and feelings. But our capacity for survival must come from reason and knowledge.”

Source : Heinz R. Pagels (2012). “The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature”, p.347, Courier Corporation
“I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded wheat.”

Source : Caldecott Medal acceptance speech for The Polar Express, polarexpress.com. 1986.
“Books make great gifts because they're something you love that you can share.”
“The body is a marvelous machine...a chemical laboratory, a power-house. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary, full of secrets and marvels”
“Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'”

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