#act

Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

#decisions #democracy #essence #expression #freedom

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#contemplation #cutting #cutting edge #edge #grasped

Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#city #earth #favourite #greatest #i

Vin Diesel is the best kisser in the world, better than anyone else I've ever had. The most attractive thing about Vin is his brain. That's his most attractive muscle. ↗

— Asia Argento

#anyone #attractive #best #better #brain

Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies. ↗

— Asia Argento

#action movies #boring #did #europeans #i

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#beginning #cause #determined #existence #fact

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#conditions #easier #far #than #think

The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#contain #facts #full #idea #single

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#always #appears #certainty #everyday #guise

The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#bombing #could #happens #i #impact