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Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#civil #civil society #democratization #elements #imperatives

It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other. ↗

— Oliver Evans

#any #communication #each #frequently #happens

It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner. ↗

— Edward Everett

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I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people. ↗

— Russell Brand

#about #also #be happy #care #expense

A definite highlight was doing 'The Brothers McMullen.' Shooting that movie was such a joy - and then we wound up winning the Sundance Film Festival. That big-break moment is visceral. It happens once in a decade, maybe once in a lifetime. ↗

— Connie Britton

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Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#happens #love #love is #most #people

Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. ↗

— Bette Davis

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Country radio certainly widens the boundaries of what I can do. Other artists may do something more edgy that gets on radio and that opens the door for me to be more edgy, I think. ↗

— Clint Black

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Something happens to me when someone says, 'You can't.' I'm generally not very competitive; unless someone tells me I can't do something that should be done. ↗

— Jim DeMint

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