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Quote by Kevin Spacey

“You can't turn a "no" to a "yes" without a "maybe" in between.”

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American actor known for his performances in film and theater. Spacey won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in 'American Beauty' and again for his portrayal in the television series 'House of Cards'. more

“What we must remember, however, is that preservation of liberties does not depend on motives. A suppression of liberty has the same effect whether the suppressor be a reformer or an outlaw. The only protection against misguided zeal is constant alertness to infractions of the guarantees of liberty contained in our Constitution. Each surrender of liberty to the demands of the moment makes easier another, larger surrender. . .”

“The challenge to our liberties comes frequently not from those who consciously seek to destroy our system of government, but from men of goodwill - good men who allow their proper concerns to blind them to the fact that what they propose to accomplish involves an impairment of liberty.”

Men Facts Government Challenges Liberty Concern Blind Accomplish Good Man Propose Goodwill Systems Of Government

Author:William O. Douglas

“There is nothing that dies so hard and rallies so often as intolerance. The vices and passions which it summons to its support are the most ruthless and the most persistent harbored in the human breast. They sometimes sleep but they never seem to die. Anything, any extraordinary situation, any unnecessary controversy, may light those fires again and plant in our republic that which has destroyed every republic which undertook to nurse it.”

“If one's cause is supported by sound reasoning, there is no point in using violence. It is those who have no motive other than selfish desire and who cannot achieve their goal through logical reasoning who rely on force.”

Ifs Desire Force Causes Sound Goal Violence Achieve Selfish Rely Motive Reasoning Logical No Point Selfish Desire Logical Reasoning

Book:Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be

Source: Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be

“You might slip, you might slide You might stumble and fall by the roadside But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down Remember you're walking up to heaven, don't let nobody turn you around”

Might Remember Spirit Turns Fall Heaven Walking Slips Drag Slides Remember You Remembers You Roadside

Author:Eric Bibb

“Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them, Fair the fall of songs When the singer sings them. Still they are carolled and said - On wings they are carried - After the singer is dead And the maker buried.”

Men Said Stills Song Fall Fairs Wings Singers Rings Makers Buried Right Man

Book:The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Plays, Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Letters and Essays (Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, containing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Catriona and A Child's Garden of Verses

Source: The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Plays, Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Letters and Essays (Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, containing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, Catriona and A Child's Garden of Verses

“In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley.”

Partners Jacob Marley

Book:A Christmas Carol

Source: A Christmas Carol

“True friends share genuine closeness and remain friends irrespective of fluctuating fortunes.”

Share Fortune Genuine True Friend Closeness

Book:The Transformed Mind: Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness

Source: The Transformed Mind: Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness

“Walk with the rich Walk with the poor Learn from everybody That's what life is for.”

Life Is Walks Poor Rich

Author:Eric Bibb

“The heart of a city Is the soul of a man It winds like a river Through the heart of the land They can tear down a building They can tear down a park They can strike at a symbol But they can't strike the heart.”