As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been acquired, the second-best recourse is to limit its scope.
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Related How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is kn... AVICENNA The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH A crook and crafty rules the place where the majority of the population is either hypocrites or fool... ANUJ SOMANY Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY Horror as for me is the best choice, you can gain a lot of. I like to be afraid like to see this shi... DEYTH BANGER You cannot threaten a mad man with madness SOTONYE ANGA Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA Nicolas Cage is the best for taking the role of character Joker. He is pretty damn good at jokes! DEYTH BANGER Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci... DEYTH BANGER Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass. FRANZ GRILLPARZER May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The secret of my success is my hairspray. RICHARD GERE Love is blind, and a deaf-mute too. PATRICK ROTHFUSS If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best. ROBERT SIAHAAN until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH That pyramid has been known for a number of years; but what has not been known is its precise date, ... DAVID FRYE Patrick said that the problem was that since everything has happened already, it makes it hard to br... STEPHEN CHBOSKY They say the sky is the limit because when returning from space you will burn up in the atmosphere. ANDONI GARCIA Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and ... GENERAL GEORGE PATTON Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and ... P. J. O'ROURKE PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA No, no. Not a genius. This is like what reading is like for you. You look at the squiggles and loops... JONATHAN FRIESEN I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living. ADI ALSAID The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Be the best of you. Don’t do what society, your surroundings, or circumstances expect you to do. D... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. Therefore, everyone sees the world in d... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... Honesty is the best policy. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Ever since Adam's day, the divine law of the Sabbath has been emphasized repeatedly over the cen... JAMES E. FAUST You cannot limit yourself to one area of specialized craft. Instead, regardless of craft, you have t... ALEXANDER KLUGE Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to... THOMAS JEFFERSON The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. So, everyone see the world in different... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the wo... LORD CHESTERFIELD Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the wo... PHILIP STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD Learning is acquired by reading books; but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the wo... LORD CHESTERFIELD Another year is ending, but something is pending ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON Be nobel. Be the light as if you are the source of life. DEBASISH MRIDHA Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it. MARK TWAIN Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no ... AGESILAUS THE SECOND It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Only the strong will remain, all the weak will be consumed by fire BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Entrepreneur, you're either raising the bar of excellence or, you're exhaling at the bar which is ex... ONYI ANYADO
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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI At first, one sees the person who is modelling; but little by little, all of the possible sculptures... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want somethi... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is importan... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than m... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying to underst... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I want to go back (to Peru)someday, but I don't know when, ALBERTO FUJIMORI without dialogue, there will never be a solution. ALBERTO FUJIMORI We have declared a total freeze on military movement, ALBERTO FUJIMORI And $18 million in three Japanese banks, completely false. That I have two factories in Panama, also... ALBERTO FUJIMORI The denunciations about $18 million (being moved) to a bank account in Singapore during my trip are ... ALBERTO FUJIMORI In Latin America we are now fully aware that integration is an integral tool, ... should not lead to... ALBERTO FUJIMORI I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States, ... I do not ... ALBERTO FUJIMORI strengthening of democratic institutions ... and the creation of jobs and prosperity. ALBERTO FUJIMORI You can't talk about peace nor agreement while terror is used as the main argument, ALBERTO FUJIMORI The liberation of those who commit murder and terrorism is unacceptable, ALBERTO FUJIMORI Second place, three champions, I think that's a heck of an accomplishment. We're heading in the righ... ALBERTO FERNANDEZ Our desire is to generate the greatest debate possible with regard to this situation, so that all th... ALBERTO FERNANDEZ For now, this is the only option we have in sight. ALBERTO FERNANDEZ Uruguay must understand that for Argentina this is a serious issue because of the risk of contaminat... ALBERTO FERNANDEZ They're making progress at Abbey and Latin America was strong, helped by a currency impact. The reac... ALBERTO ESPELOSIN Stocks have had a fantastic rally and this market is screaming for a correction. The excuse may come... ALBERTO ESPELOSIN Finally a large phone company posts earnings that don't disappoint. These are very solid numbers. ALBERTO ESPELOSIN European stocks have had a very good run and there is no reason why the trend should stop. We may se... ALBERTO ESPELOSIN The price being offered is more than reasonable. ALBERTO ESPELOSIN We do know it is measured in the 100 of millions of dollars as the end price tag for the end total f... ALBERTO BIANCHETTI Also, the cost of natural gas eased and continues to ease. ALBERTO BIANCHETTI We're making good progress. Most of the work will be done by Tuesday, but we will be working on Wedn... ALBERTO BIANCHETTI We had more than adequate staff to respond to the storm. We're doing a lot of work that is not visib... ALBERTO BIANCHETTI