"Here is the crisis of the times as I see it: We talk about problems, issues, policies, but we don't talk about what democracy means what it bestows on us the revolutionary idea that it isn't just about the means of governance but the means of dignifying people so they become fully free to claim their moral and political agency."

-- Bill Moyers

#Mean Quotes #Agency Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.”

Source : "A gentleman and a player" by Brian Oliver, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2008.
“I have a goal to be just the most craziest person of all time. And when I say craziest, I mean, like, I want to do like Olympic-level things. I want to be the most durable person on the planet.”

Source : "Jaden and Willow Smith on Prana Energy, Time and Why School Is Overrated". Interview with Su Wu, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. November 17, 2014.
“Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.”
“If we give what we treasure most to a Being we love with all our hearts, if we can do that without expecting anything in return, then the world becomes a beautiful place.”

Source : Orhan Pamuk (2011). “The Museum of Innocence”, p.55, Faber & Faber
“We are completely unaware of our true nature because we identify ourselves with our body, our emotions and our thoughts, thus losing sight of our unchanging centre, which is pure consciousness. When we return to our true nature, our thoughts and perceptions no longer appear as modifications of a single substance, they come into being and subside like waves of the ocean.”

Source : Jean Klein (2015). “Be Who You Are”, p.16, New Harbinger Publications
“Broadcast TV is like the landline of 20 years ago.”

Source : "Reed Hastings interview: 'Everybody would welcome a rival to Sky'". Interview with Dan Sabbagh, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2012.
“Our young men in Vietnam have not only acquitted themselves in an outstanding manner during combat operations, but they also have been outstanding ambassadors of goodwill in the vital civic action and pacification work among the tortured populace of South Vietnam.”
“I can take a newspaper and make it a lethal weapon.”

Source : "Sarah Shahi Discusses Her Person of Interest Debut: "If Jason Bourne and Catwoman Had a Child, This Would Be Her"". Interview with Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. February 20, 2013.

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