"In a democracy - even if it is a so-called democracy like our white-?litist one - the greatest veneration one can show the rule of law is to keep a watch on it, and to reserve the right to judge unjust laws and the subversion of the function of the law by the power of the state. That vigilance is the most important proof of respect for the law."

-- Nadine Gordimer

#Law Quotes #White Quotes #Judging Quotes

“If you listen to a song and get an image in your head, and then you go home and watch mtv and the image they're showing is the same as the one in your head, kill yourself. You're better off coming back as a lobster.”
“A film is like a battleground. It's love, hate, action, violence,Â deathâ€”In one word, emotions.”

Source : "Director's Cut", www.newyorker.com. November 25, 2002.
“I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.”
“Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.”

Source : Eva Ibbotson (2008). “The Secret Countess”, p.24, Pan Macmillan
“There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.”
“I know most people always thank people for believing in them - I actually want to thank people that didn't believe in me.”
“It is the certainty that you are about to recover, that brings results, not the hope.”
“All over the world today, not just in the totalitarian countries, assiduous functionaries in Ministries of Truth are clubbing history dumb and rendering language insensible.”

Source : E.L. Doctorow (2011). “Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992”, p.71, Random House

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