Joukko Oppi Quotes & Sayings

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life. — B.R. Ambedkar

I think the press gets lazy once a certain kind of image is out there. It just adheres, rather than the press trying to break that down. — Alexandra Kerry

When interviewing for any job, you of course want to dress appropriately for the position, but you also want to stay true to who you are. — Nina Garcia

The reason I told you this was pointless is because it is," Vince said, staring down at Michael as his defense slid away in jagged, icy chunks. "You can't freeze me. You can't hit me. You can't even defend against me. You're so far below me that beating you isn't even a challenge. You're nothing to me, Michael. — Drew Hayes

When Crystal May woke up the next morning, she felt like she'd died and gone to heaven. She rolled over on her back, her sleepy eyes blinking in the sunlight. The window curtains were frilly and feminine, softening the light and making her feel protected from the world outside. It was mighty late, but she didn't care. Just lying there in the warm, golden light made her feel so good. She was safe here. She could feel it right down to her bones. — Carol Storm

Actually freestyle really comes from 'Planet Rock'. If you listen to all the freestyle records you'll hear that they are based on 'Planet Rock'. All the Miami Bass records are based upon Planet Rock. — Afrika Bambaataa

I love what I'm doing. — Isaiah Thomas

He wondered vaguely how many others like here there might be in the younger generation, people who had grown up in the world of the Revolution, knowing nothing else, accepting the Party as something unalterable, like the sky, not rebelling against its authority but simply evading it, as a rabbit dodges a dog. — George Orwell

Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire to be known or admired by others, but wishes to plunge from himself into himself, to become nothing, as if he had never been born. When he is completely hidden to himself in himself, he is completely with God — Isaac Of Nineveh

I want to be able to raise my kid. I was totally being a martyr about it at first, thinking I could totally do it on my own, which I did for a while. I've hired a babysitter before, but as for a full-time caregiver ... for a control freak like me, it ain't gonna happen! — Keri Russell

One would like to stroke and caress human beings, but one dares not do so, because they bite. — Vladimir Lenin

Harold thought of the people he had already met on his journey. All of them were different, but none of them struck him as strange. He considered his own life and how ordinary it might look from the outside, when really it held such darkness and trouble. "I don't think you're crazy," he said."
p. 203 — Rachel Joyce

To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power. — Thomas Jefferson

We were fine originally and lost that fine-ness. That's when we became defined. — Radhanath Swami