"Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017."

-- Francois Hollande

#Years Quotes #Law Quotes #Constitution Quotes

“And all poets love dust and mist because all the last answers. Go running back to dust and mist.”
“It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you're capable of far more than you imagined.”
“I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.”
“As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more often discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black.”
“I think, in a way, I've returned to who I used to be as a global correspondent whose life was devoted to really making a difference, illuminating what's happening in the world, always drawn toward the suffering of peoples and cultures and exposing exploitation and injustice; but now I'm the same person in a much, much softer iteration.”
“Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.”
“I think Ive done the best I could have done. But I keep wanting to play better, go further. There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I havent yet done. When I was younger I thought maybe Id reached that peak. But Im 86 now, and if I make it through to next month, Ill be 87. And now I know it can never be perfect, it can never be exactly what it should be, so you got to keep going further, getting better.”
“To foster the people's willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.”

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