"Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter."

-- Nadine Gordimer

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“The international community will not accept such threats to the political process.”

Source : "UN envoy warns Libya factions that airstrikes threaten landmark peace talks in Morocco". www.foxnews.com. March 6, 2015.
“You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.”
“So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!”
“There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries.”
“The telephone is a great knee-jerk machine, but if you really want to tell someone how you feel, you need the slowness of the letter. Â In a society where everything is fast, it's like going out in the country and looking up at the stars.”
“Confidence lets you pull anything off, even Tevas with socks.”

Source : Lena Dunham (2014). “Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"”, p.191, Random House
“While I am in favor of the Government promptly enforcing the laws for the present, defending the forts and collecting the revenue,I am not in favor of a war policy with a view to the conquest of any of the slave States; except such as are needed to give us a good boundary. If Maryland attempts to go off, suppress her in order to save the Potomac and the District of Columbia. Cut a piece off of western Virginia and keep Missouri and all the Territories.”
“I have full confidence in the ability of Foo Fighters' audiences to distinguish between questioning HIV and the obvious value of safe-sex practices.”

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