#cia

We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#breathe #could #culture #develop #find

You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#development #equality #guard #islamic #justice

China is a developing country with a huge population, and also a developing country in a crucial stage of reform. In this context, China still faces many challenges in economic and social development. And a lot still needs to be done in China, in terms of human rights. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#challenges #china #context #country #crucial

The political restructuring we pursue in China is aimed at advancing the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. We will continue to expand people's democracy and build a socialist country under the rule of law in keeping with China's national conditions. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#aimed #build #china #conditions #continue

The world economy today is recovering slowly, and there are still some destabilising factors and uncertainties. The underlying impact of the international financial crisis is far from over. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#economy #factors #far #financial #financial crisis

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible. ↗

— Billy Joel

#hard #impossible #living #make #musician

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life. ↗

— Billy Joel

#always #around #artist #contemporary #contemporary life

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers. ↗

— Billy Joel

#different #drummers #experience #high #high wire

Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself. ↗

— Billy Joel

#causes #charitable #creation #give #humanitarian

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand. ↗

— Billy Joel

#family #good #like #musicians #other