Illustrative Paragraph Quotes

#1. Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want unless people take part in the public's business.

David R. Brower

#2. Freedom is an illusion, but a valuable one.

Skinner

#3. I worry about the world.

Phyllis Logan

#4. Lying tears hurt others. lying smiles hurt one's self.

C.c

#5. Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today because you don't want to sweat out this straightness. You're always battling to make your hair do what it wasn't meant to do.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#6. The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.

Tara Lipinski

#7. It's funny: when you're tranquil, you will seem to radiate light, and if someone were to paint a portrait of you like that, I'd insist that they include the halo. But when you're unhappy, you will become a klaxon, built for radiating sound; a portrait of you then could simply be a fire alarm bell.

Ted Chiang

#8. Revolution is just change with ideological roots showing like bad peroxide.

Kieron Gillen

#9. They spoke politely and with deference to the adults, whereas it went against my nature not to speak plainly. To many people speaking plainly is the same as speaking rudely. Whereas to me, if one was direct, it saved time and misunderstanding.

Theresa Breslin

#10. Psychosis is person less persona, raving sincerity.

Brian Spellman

#11. There were days when we used to say, what was in today's paper is tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper.When I became successful, I enjoyed myself a little.

Steve Coogan