"In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear."

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Breyten Breytenbach

#Reality Quotes #Spotlight Quotes #Opaque Quotes

“Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject”
“The God of the Old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction...”
“To maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the management of livelihood.”
“Take a strong wrestler, get them tired, and they aren't as strong. Take a quick wrestler, get them tired, and they aren't as quick. Take a technical wrestler, get them tired, and they aren't as technical. No matter what kind of wrestler, everyone is afraid of getting tired. It's those who learn to perform when they're tired that find success.”
“Romantic comedies are there to give us dreams and butterflies, but what we can create in our own lives could be not only better but real.”
“It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.”
“We all know that Washington families are making a tremendous commitment to winning the War on Terror. Tonight, more than 22,000 Washington state soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are risking their lives under hostile fire in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the globe.”
“If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today.”

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