Breyten Breytenbach In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear. – Breyten Breytenbach Chattering Quotes Covert Quotes Governing Quotes Hiding Quotes Objective Quotes Opaque Quotes Ostensible Quotes Reality Quotes Spotlight Quotes Transparency Quotes Ultimate Quotes Workings Quotes It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances – but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal. I think it’s an area that one writes from that is curious because it is not a clearly defined partisan one.
Otto Hermann Kahn The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. – Otto Hermann Kahn
Robert Sapolsky Individuating and taking someone else’s perspective can be very powerful. – Robert Sapolsky
Emily Atack My ex-boyfriend didn’t hear me fart once, and we were together six years. I hated the thought of grossing him out, so I think some things should be left to do privately. – Emily Atack
Barry Sternlicht You can learn everything that there is to know about the industry or the player from the company that is performing better or worse. – Barry Sternlicht
Ian Botham There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects. – Ian Botham
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