"If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development."

-- Kofi Annan

#Democracy Quotes #Progress Quotes #Development Quotes

“How you approach something determines what you will see.”
“Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown.”
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.”
“We are at home here. Alienation is unnecessary. Contact with reality at a deep level is part of the Christian's life. He enters into reality, rather than escaping from it. The flight from reality is a mark of Eastern and classical mysticism, not of Christianity.”
“The art of making films is a collaborative art. As a composer, you're always working with the cinematographer because he's so much the heart of the world they've created on film.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“And the most important thing at the end of the day is that we stay together as one in relaying the information to the rest of the guys.”
“Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fast to his integrity against al! the might of external nature.”

Source : Adam Reid, Benjamin Wood, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Henry Brewster Stanton, Laurens Perseus Hickok (1850). “Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851”
“I would be very surprised if on another planet we discovered a species as intelligent as humans that didn't have narrative, or didn't have art in general.”

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