#peri

Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#experience #foundation #history #informed #lasting

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#always #best #elected #election #facility

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#ability #almost #also #apparent #beings

You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is. ↗

— Andre Agassi

#cheat #experience #out #their #whatever

We've both been married before and our previous experiences made us fearful of commitment. ↗

— Willie Aames

#before #both #commitment #experiences #fearful

You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the director has a specific look in mind. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#experiences #just #know #look #mind

There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#destiny #epic #experience #general #human

The Internet now provides an immediate and very clear consensus of what it is that the audience is experiencing. It's something that you should never let lead you, and yet at the same time, you should never ignore it. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#clear #consensus #experiencing #ignore #immediate

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future. ↗

— Lord Acton

#deposited #eminently #experience #future #goes

No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#experience #kidding #own #paying #pleasant