#all

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#falling #heights #i #military #patriotism

I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#certain #cultural #different #environment #even

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#based #definition #destroy #discrimination #does

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #cell #cell phone #coping #difficulty

I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#coward #dark #frightened #i #small

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#blushing #called #hero #i #kind

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#change #depend #easy #especially #fool

Sanctions are not really an economic weapon. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#really #sanctions #weapon

All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#crush #dream #enough #follow #follow your heart

I'm still standing up there tall and strong every night that I perform. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#every night #i #night #perform #standing