Fatima Bhutto Quotes
Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when Benazir Bhutto failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her first two years in government during her first term and in fact had a tenure that was marked not only by gross corruption but by human rights abuses, that should have been a time for people to say, "Well, OK, we've given you an opportunity and you haven't bettered the institutions, you haven't strengthened the democratic cause - we may not vote you back."
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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Every burn on my body has had its own different personality. And all of them needed different things.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.
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I feel like not knowing Joe Torre is a hole in my New York experience.
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Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when Benazir Bhutto failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her first two years in government during her first term and in fact had a tenure that was marked not only by gross corruption but by human rights abuses, that should have been a time for people to say, "Well, OK, we've given you an opportunity and you haven't bettered the institutions, you haven't strengthened the democratic cause - we may not vote you back."
