#des

A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the fashion with which democratization is presented and the purposes of the democratic world. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#confidence #democratic #democratization #desire #exists

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#basically #conventional #culture #democracy #desirable

The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#amuse #bit #dark #delusion #desolation

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#architecture #art #between #bottom #bottom line

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#culture #cultures #destroy #force #fragile

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have. ↗

— Louis E. Boone

#could #descriptions #failure #fear #life

After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#again #became #convincing #descent #design

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#credit #designs #frequent #god #justification

I believe in letting each person find what they need and not getting involved with their destiny. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#destiny #each #find #getting #i

Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#fact #food #granted #half #hungry