"I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its victims complicit in their own destruction."

-- Eliezer Yudkowsky

#Government Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Littles Quotes

“When it's not always raining there'll be days like this. When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this. When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch. Well my mama told me there'll be days like this.”

Source : Song: Days Like This, Album: Days Like This
“I love going to the movies and getting Raisinets, a big tub of popcorn and a Coke. That's definitely a guilty pleasure because I can't be doing that all the time.”
“Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.”

Source : Mark Van Doren, William F. Claire (1980). “The essays of Mark Van Doren (1924-1972)”, Greenwood Pub Group
“Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapon--destroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroyus. A nation that doesn't read much doesn't know much. And a nation that doesn't know much is more likely to make poor choices in the home, the marketplace, the jury box and the voting booth...The challenge, therefore, is to convince future generations of children that carrying a book is more rewarding than carrying guns.”

Source : Jim Trelease (2001). “The Read-aloud Handbook”, Alloybooks
“Deep practice is built on a paradox: struggling in certain targeted ways-operating at the edges of your ability, where you make mistakes-makes you smarter. Or to put it in a slightly different way, experiences where you're forced to slow down, make errors, and correct them-as you would if you were walking up an ice-covered hill, slipping and stumbling as you go-end up making you swift and graceful without your realizing it.”

Source : "The Talent Code: Greatness isn't born. It's grown". Book by Daniel Coyle, 2010.
“I live my life with a sense of urgency that most people cant comprehend.”
“Leadership, in short, is power governed by principle, directed toward raising people to their highest levels of personal motive and social morality,”
“If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.”

Source : "Readers recommend: best saxophone songs" by Peter Kimpton, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2014.

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