Quotes with not-so-funny

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  • B. W. Powe Democracies should be a delirium of choices - more options, not fewer; more avenues to travel, not fewer.
    Towards A Canada of Light A Prayer For Canada, p. 5
    B. W. Powe
    Canadian poet, novelist and teacher (1955 - )
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  • Irving Kristol Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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  • Archibald Macleish Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold.
    Archibald Macleish
    American poet (1892 - 1982)
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  • Michael Moore Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.
    Michael Moore
    American documentary filmmaker, activist, and author (1954 - )
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  • Aristotle Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Bill Moyers Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't.
    Bill Moyers
    American journalist (1934 - )
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  • Dorothy Parker Democracy means not „I am as good as you are", but „You are as good as I am".
    Dorothy Parker
    American humoristic writer (1893 - 1967)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody indiscriminately and not for the benefit of a privileged class.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Andrew Jackson Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Beth Simone Noveck Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.
    Beth Simone Noveck
    American professor (1971 - )
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  • Wallace Stevens Democritus plucked his eye out because he could not look at a woman without thinking of her as a woman. If he had read a few of our novels, he would have torn himself to pieces.
    Wallace Stevens
    American poet (1879 - 1955)
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  • Samuel Johnson Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Carol Shields Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It's always there, though.
    Carol Shields
    American-born Canadian novelist (1935 - 2003)
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  • Brad Pitt Depression is not interesting to watch.
    Brad Pitt
    American actor and filmmaker (1963 - )
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  • Steve Jobs Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.
    Steve Jobs
    American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, and industrial (1955 - 2011)
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  • Cameron Sinclair Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but 'design for good' is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild.
    Cameron Sinclair
    British architect and writer (1973 - )
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  • Carlos Ghosn Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Bobby Unser Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.
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