"Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them."

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Source : Paul Collier (2007). “The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It”, p.11, Oxford University Press

Paul Collier

“Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither very democratic nor very just.”
“Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]”
“Got that gun?â€ Peter says to Tobias. â€œNo,â€ says Tobias, â€œI figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left it upstairs.”
“Business is tough, and the fashion industry is particularly tough.”
“You're dumber than you think I think you are.”

Source : Robert Towne (1997). “Chinatown ; The Last Detail: Screenplays”, p.119, Grove Press
“The economic dependence of woman and her apparently indestructible illusion that marriage will release her from loneliness and work and worry are potent factors in immunizing her from common sense in dealing with men at work.”

Source : Nellie L. McClung (1915). “In Times Like These”, p.40, University of Toronto Press
“Subjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man ... the highest joy is to fight by the side of those who for any reason of their own making or ours, are unable to develop to full human stature.”

Source : Agnes Smedley (2012). “Daughter of Earth”, p.279, Courier Corporation
“Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more interesting it is, the happier it is.”

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