Narendra Modi Quotes
I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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I had absolute freedom to create things on my own and in silence. No rush, the artificial rush by media. Certainly no rush to grow up. We had plenty of boyhood, plenty of girlhood.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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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.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
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I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.
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Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?
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Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
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I have to grow with my audience.
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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
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Put simply, my vision for AOL is to build the largest and most sophisticated global advertising network while we grow the size and engagement of our worldwide audience.
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Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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You have to grow thick skin and that only comes with time and learning.
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I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read 'Democracy in America' by Alexis de Tocqueville. There can never be a better book than that one on the strengths and vulnerabilities inherent in our form of government.
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There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.
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Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess.
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I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, 'love lifts me.'
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The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them.
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I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.
