"It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men."

-- Desmond Tutu

#Inspirational Quotes #Girl Quotes #Men Quotes

“Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales.”
“Living in the present is the way to go.”
“Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night.”
“You can experience consciousness now by experiencing the fact that you exist.”

Source : "Knowing Yourself: The True in the False". Book by Barry Long, 1996.
“September has come, it is hers Whose vitality leaps in the autumn, Whose nature prefers Trees without leaves and a fire in the fireplace. So I give her this month and the next Though the whole of my year should be hers who has rendered already So many of its days intolerable or perplexed But so many more so happy. Who has left a scent on my life, and left my walls Dancing over and over with her shadow Whose hair is twined in all my waterfalls And all of London littered with remembered kisses.”

Source : Louis MacNeice (2015). “Autumn Journal”, p.14, Faber & Faber
“I think as of right now, we're not hiring an individual to be a series regular and be in every episode to replace her. We're dealing with what we have, and some of it has to do with, as shows get older - I'm learning this as a new to a long lasting series - you start to have maybe some budgetary pressures over time, as people's salaries go up.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“Today, Iraq is an immediate danger to our nation. This time, we cannot wait. We cannot wait for Saddam Hussein to take a devastating action or to transfer a weapon of mass destruction to someone else who will. After September 11th, it is simply no longer an option to sit back and contemplate an enemy - one with a stated intent to harm us, a track record and the means, and just wait for him to strike in order to protect ourselves.”
“Inclusive economic institutions require secure property rights and economic opportunities not just for the elite but for a broad cross-section of society.”

Source : Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson (2012). “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty”, p.75, Profile Books

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