#means

In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of the minorities. That's my job as a king. We have for example a Jewish ambassador in the US and a Christian in the UK. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#ambassador #christian #context #democracy #establishing

One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy. ↗

— Imran Khan

#assume #democracy #election #here #know

Cinema is a director's medium, so you're saying, "What do you want?" Being an actor is about adapting - physically and emotionally. If that means you have to look great for it and they can make you look great, then thank you. And if you have to have everything washed away, then I'm willing to do that too. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#actor #adapting #away #being #cinema

The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means. ↗

— Kimbra

#fun #means #people #perceptions #play

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. ↗

— Jack Welch

#change #company #confusion #even #into

In the lexicon of the political class, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it. ↗

— George Will

#class #even #income #mail #means

Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#always #bent #care #country #defence

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#had #humiliating #law #mainly #means

Comic books were just the means for me to tell the story. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#comic #comic books #just #me #means

Golf is good, it means I get some fresh air and exercise, take my mind off work and see some of the landscape of the place I'm visiting. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#exercise #fresh #fresh air #get #golf