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Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment. ↗


— Pearl Bailey


#away #i #life #moment #my life

My parents were married 53 years, good and bad. Can I do that? Probably not. But I really hope I can. ↗


— Scott Baio


#good #good and bad #hope #i #i can

Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with. ↗


— Abdallah II


#another way #arab #arab world #brotherhood #center

Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward. ↗


— Abdallah II


#ago #capable #class #create #easier

Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question. ↗


— King Abdullah II


#answer #arab #arab world #back #been

Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground. ↗


— King Abdullah II


#coming #confrontation #consequences #costly #destruction

The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing. ↗


— King Abdullah II


#arab #back #fifteen #five #good

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair. ↗


— Chinua Achebe


#done #repair #sometimes #take #ten

Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again. ↗


— Chinua Achebe


#away #begin #democracy #learn #ourselves

My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. ↗


— Chinua Achebe


#converts #different #different parts #early #father






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