#al

The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be a formidable journey. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#conducive #creating #democracies #democratic #encouraging

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#democracy #just #law #mechanic #organic

It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head. ↗

— Bono

#belong #better #head #i #melodies

U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help. ↗

— Bono

#doing #help #know #really #seem

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#bothered #creativity #else #focusing #granted

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time, never knowing where. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#come #fall #hole #invisible #know

I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents. ↗

— Richard Ernst

#almost #became #conceivable #explosions #fascinated

I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#death #discouraged #get #got #grew

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#always #been #buildings #case #every

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#always #been #contains #dimension #moves