"The mandate entails a generous synthesis of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. The title requires the expert to be truly independent, keep an open mind, conduct his/her research objectively and without ideological prejudices, listen to all sides of an argument and seek the opinion of all stakeholders."

-- Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

#Independent Quotes #Rights Quotes #Political Quotes

“What Flaubert refers to as the â€œmÃ©lancholies du voyageâ€ is like the sadness I feel as one season departs and another arrives.”
“But who can count the beatings of the lonely heart?”

Source : Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1841). “The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. By the author of 'Marriage'. Revised by the author”, p.434
“With my students, I don't offer any simple tips like that, maybe because my own process is pretty messy, but when we workshop we talk a lot about the deeper subject, which is what the story or novel is about. I think defining a narrative's themes can lay bare a narrative's tensions.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“If I am truly free, who can tell me how much of my freedom I can have today?”
“Growth springs from better recipes, not just from more cooking.”
“I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do what you want to do, pursue your passions. That way, if you meet someone, they'll be joining a life that's already really good.”

Source : "Q&A With Dan Savage: On Obama, Fox News’ Shepard Smith and Success of ‘It Gets Better’ Project". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 09, 2011.
“Guys don't really care, they just want to get the clothes off.”
“The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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