"In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably."

-- George Ayittey

#People Quotes #Republic Quotes #Might Quotes

“You shape your own destiny.”
“I was a member of the band when it was just, like, a conversation at a bar. Then we constantly practiced, we played shows, we tooled around in the studio. And then, when I moved and kind of bailed on that, is when... So, yeah, for the first, 'Mass Romantic,' I was heavily involved. Then, for a couple records after that, I was not really involved at all.”
“Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.”
“I've known where my heritage is from all along.”

Source : "New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez Says She Has Proof That Grandparents Weren't Undocumented". www.foxnews.com. November 14, 2011.
“Writers and painters have a medium that can foster self-effacements. Actors haven't. An actor can't hide himself behind paper or canvas. If you're not there your art's not there. That's why we actors are often such self-centered objects.”
“Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.”
“I feel like life is so special and so great, every year I feel like I learn more, and I grow, and I think it's exciting to grow up.”
“Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.”

Source : Bette Greene (2000). “Summer of my German soldier”

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