"The perspective that many today are beginning to see as fully realistic is that democracy in our country, and in our part of the world, will suffer the same fate as the Swedish monarchy did before. The democracy is beeing emptied of all power political content at the same time as the forms remain, treated with reverence and preservasion."

-- Torbjorn Tannsjo

#Country Quotes #Fate Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”
“One of the most important things a real investor needs to say is this; â€œI want my money back and I also want to keep my investments.”
“There isn't heartache if there hasn't been joy. I wouldn't feel loss if there hadn't been love.”
“I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life.”
“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.”
“We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon as one comes upon the horizon and once we have attached ourselves to that star we must keep our eyes on it and our hands upon the plow. It is the consistency of the pursuit of the highest possible vision that you can find in front of you that gives you the constancy, that gives you the encouragement, that gives you the way to understand where you are and why it's important for you to do what you can do.”

Source : Ossie Davis (2006). “Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.269, Simon and Schuster
“Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 7, 2003.
“In the history and literature courses I took, epistemological questions came to interest me most. What makes one explanation of the French Revolution better than another? What makes one interpretation of "Waiting for Godot" better than another? These questions led me to philosophy and then to philosophy of science.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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