"If a door is shut, attempts should be made to open it; if it is ajar, it should be pushed until it is wide open. In neither case should the door be blown up at the expense of those inside."

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Source : Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1969). “Stability and Change in Africa”

Julius Nyerere

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“I've always had a bazillion songs in my archive, but I want to play people stuff they know. Now that I have two albums' worth of material, that gives me freedom to compose a set that's more well-balanced and build a show rather than just a recital of some songs.”
“If we are defined by reason and morality, then reason and morality must define our choices, even when animals are concerned. When people say, for example, that they like their veal or hot dogs too much to ever give them up, and yeah it's sad about the farms but that's just the way it is, reason hears in that the voice of gluttony. We can say that what makes a human being human is precisely the ability to understand that the suffering of an animal is more important than the taste of a treat.”
“No one can define or measure justice, democracy, security, freedom, truth, or love. No one can define or measure any value. But if no one speaks up for them, if systems arenâ€™t designed to produce them, if we donâ€™t speak about them and point toward their presence or absence, they will cease to exist.”

Source : Donella Meadows (2008). “Thinking in Systems: A Primer”, p.177, Chelsea Green Publishing
“But I can still lick the spoon!”
“The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems.”
“Rand Paul and Chris Christie both said vaccinations should be a choice, not a government mandate. Because when have Republicans ever told people what they could do with their own bodies?”
“I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.”

Source : "Wayne McGregor: Zen and the art of dance". Interview with Judith Mackrell, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2009.
“Suffice it to say Cherie Snodgrass and I were good friends a long, long time ago. After Mr Snodgrass confronted my wife, the friendship ended and my marriage remained intact.”

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