#lit

Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

#any #dalai #dalai lama #freedom #freedom of speech

If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#dose #everyone #how #i #i think

I've been doing TV for fourteen years, and I've always had a fascination with the political business side. It's ruled my life. Ratings or no ratings have decided where I live, who I work with, and how long I'll be doing that particular job. ↗

— Charlotte Ross

#been #business #decided #doing #fascination

The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#everyone #messenger #particularly #party #political

I've done reasonably well over the last 10 years because I took the strategy of language and politics and applied it to the corporate world, which has never been done before. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#because #been #before #corporate #corporate world

One of the things that you have trouble with politicians, particularly in Washington, is when you get mad at them and you can't touch them; you can't punch them; you can't yell at them. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#mad #particularly #politicians #punch #them

Politics is gut; commercials are gut. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#gut #politics

There's a problem with political polling in that you have so much pressure to do what your client wants you to do and say what your client wants you to say. I've never felt that pressure. I am independent of the political parties. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#client #felt #i #i am #independent

Humanistic values of equality and equal rights for all nations and individuals as crystallized in the principles of the United Nations Charter are mankind's great achievements in the 20th century. ↗

— Tran Duc Luong

#achievements #all nations #century #charter #crystallized

The world's people all share the earnest aspiration to have peace, stability, justice and cooperation. ↗

— Tran Duc Luong

#cooperation #earnest #justice #peace #people