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The uninterrupted victory of democracy, which to our revisionism as well as to bourgeois liberalism, appears as a great fundamental law of human history and, especially, modern history is shown upon closer examination to be a phantom. No absolute and general relation can be constructed between capitalist development and democracy. The political form of a given country is always the result of the composite of all the existing political factors, domestic as well as foreign. It admits within its limits all variations of the scale from absolute monarchy to the democratic republic. – Rosa Luxemburg	added by piercenienhaus 1 month ago
The road to change is never easy, but every step forward is a step closer to who I’m meant to be. – MOFOKENG KARABO	added by kaymastermotivates 3 months ago
I firmly believe that even small tasks, when carried out with honesty and dedication, yield the best results one truly deserves. Staying true to my beliefs, I’ve found that people who share my passion draw closer, becoming my fans. My journey stands as a story of unwavering dedication, the ability to find music in everyday life, and the power of melodies that cross boundaries. I always believe that introverts are the most creative people as they live their own world and think of new things. So, to support my lyrics, I started learning music. – PVR Raja	added by pvrraja 9 months ago
You will never make 20 in a row if you are not okay to miss 200 hundred. Success often requires learning from setbacks, and understanding that each miss brings you closer to the perfect score. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 11 months ago
Every stumble is a step closer to mastery; perseverance paints the path. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 1 year ago
Reading a book is akin to embarking on a journey; every page turned is a step closer to enlightenment. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 1 year ago
Near Indeed Closer Between Just One Atmosphere H.O.P.E Hold On Pains Ends – Leticia Bufoni	added by abolarinmichael06 1 year ago
The closer to Hell you get, the more positive you need to be. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 1 year ago
The Grocery Store Method: I want you to think of it like this: Everytime you adopt a child you shorten the checkout line and your one step closer to world peace, and everytime you have a biological child you lengthen the checkout line and your one step farther from world peace. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 1 year ago
Right now, the volcano is ejecting steam, ashes, gases, and closer to the crater there’s been a high level of seismicity. – Luis Fernando Velasco	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think that United Kingdom should be working closer with Ireland in this endeavor. – The Irish identity Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s running a marathon and just doing every day whatever you can do, in order to move our country a little bit closer to the victory, it’s definitely a very difficult, very demanding experience. – Oksana Markarova	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Balabac site allows for intelligence collection and staging of peacetime air and naval activities in the area, which can put Mischief Reef under closer scrutiny. – Collin Koh	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Typically, they will go about their day and not want to bother anyone or be bothered by anyone. But like any wildlife, if they start associating people with food, they’re going to risk coming closer. – Anna Meyer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think we’ll come right up to the precipice, most people in this city feel it’s inconceivable we could default on our debt. I agree it’s unlikely but it’ll be much closer than people thought. – Greg Valliere	Found on CNN 1 year ago
These factors create a less hospitable borrowing environment, which would serve to bring inflation closer to a healthy level, more expensive, stricter lending helps to usher in the long-term health of the economy, but the downside is that borrowing for large purchases, including a home purchase, may be relatively more challenging in the short term. – Hannah Jones	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I wouldn’t call it a true full alliance in the real meaning of that word, but we are seeing them moving closer together, and that’s troublesome, and then … Iran is the third. So those three countries together are going to be problematic for many years to come I think, especially Russia and China because of their capability. – Mark Milley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They show that climate change is n’t just happening somewhere else, it’s happening everywhere, all of a sudden, it will come knocking a lot closer to your own door. – Dmitry Kokh Mittermeier	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We’ve never been closer to falling apart. Our national security is at risk, our economy is crumbling, our foreign relations are at their lowest point ever, we don’t know what to say to our children about their future in this country. We have been taken hostage by a bunch of extremists with no brakes and no boundaries. – Yair Lapid	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It definitely brings us closer right now, what’s unclear for us is how much of these banking stresses are leading to a widespread credit crunch. And then that credit crunch, just as you said, would then slow down the economy. – Neel Kashkari	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think we actually got closer since that point, significantly closer, because things just became more real. And we’re there for each other. – Hollie Savitt	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The reason for the increase is that mortgage rates were somewhat lower in January and February and consumers wanted to take advantage of a rate that was around 6.3%, rather than closer to 7%. – Lawrence Yun	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s not like a fire where they can see the fire building and getting closer. This is instantaneous. It just happens and It’s too late for you to react to it. – Grant Malinowski	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When I lost my son, I was not there, the last few breaths, the last few words I wasn’t there. I had to do something… to bring me a little closer to him…He took his last everything on that ride. – Nekia Dodd	Found on CNN 1 year ago

The uninterrupted victory of democracy, which to our revisionism as well as to bourgeois liberalism, appears as a great fundamental law of human history and, especially, modern history is shown upon closer examination to be a phantom. No absolute and general relation can be constructed between capitalist development and democracy. The political form of a given country is always the result of the composite of all the existing political factors, domestic as well as foreign. It admits within its limits all variations of the scale from absolute monarchy to the democratic republic.

– Rosa Luxemburg

added by piercenienhaus
1 month ago

The road to change is never easy, but every step forward is a step closer to who I’m meant to be.

– MOFOKENG KARABO

added by kaymastermotivates
3 months ago

I firmly believe that even small tasks, when carried out with honesty and dedication, yield the best results one truly deserves. Staying true to my beliefs, I’ve found that people who share my passion draw closer, becoming my fans. My journey stands as a story of unwavering dedication, the ability to find music in everyday life, and the power of melodies that cross boundaries. I always believe that introverts are the most creative people as they live their own world and think of new things. So, to support my lyrics, I started learning music.

– PVR Raja

added by pvrraja
9 months ago

You will never make 20 in a row if you are not okay to miss 200 hundred. Success often requires learning from setbacks, and understanding that each miss brings you closer to the perfect score.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
11 months ago

Every stumble is a step closer to mastery; perseverance paints the path.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
1 year ago

Reading a book is akin to embarking on a journey; every page turned is a step closer to enlightenment.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
1 year ago

Near Indeed Closer Between Just One Atmosphere H.O.P.E Hold On Pains Ends

– Leticia Bufoni

added by abolarinmichael06
1 year ago

The closer to Hell you get, the more positive you need to be.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
1 year ago

The Grocery Store Method: I want you to think of it like this: Everytime you adopt a child you shorten the checkout line and your one step closer to world peace, and everytime you have a biological child you lengthen the checkout line and your one step farther from world peace.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
1 year ago

Right now, the volcano is ejecting steam, ashes, gases, and closer to the crater there’s been a high level of seismicity.

– Luis Fernando Velasco

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think that United Kingdom should be working closer with Ireland in this endeavor.

– The Irish identity Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s running a marathon and just doing every day whatever you can do, in order to move our country a little bit closer to the victory, it’s definitely a very difficult, very demanding experience.

– Oksana Markarova

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Balabac site allows for intelligence collection and staging of peacetime air and naval activities in the area, which can put Mischief Reef under closer scrutiny.

– Collin Koh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Typically, they will go about their day and not want to bother anyone or be bothered by anyone. But like any wildlife, if they start associating people with food, they’re going to risk coming closer.

– Anna Meyer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think we’ll come right up to the precipice, most people in this city feel it’s inconceivable we could default on our debt. I agree it’s unlikely but it’ll be much closer than people thought.

– Greg Valliere

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These factors create a less hospitable borrowing environment, which would serve to bring inflation closer to a healthy level, more expensive, stricter lending helps to usher in the long-term health of the economy, but the downside is that borrowing for large purchases, including a home purchase, may be relatively more challenging in the short term.

– Hannah Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I wouldn’t call it a true full alliance in the real meaning of that word, but we are seeing them moving closer together, and that’s troublesome, and then … Iran is the third. So those three countries together are going to be problematic for many years to come I think, especially Russia and China because of their capability.

– Mark Milley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They show that climate change is n’t just happening somewhere else, it’s happening everywhere, all of a sudden, it will come knocking a lot closer to your own door.

– Dmitry Kokh Mittermeier

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ve never been closer to falling apart. Our national security is at risk, our economy is crumbling, our foreign relations are at their lowest point ever, we don’t know what to say to our children about their future in this country. We have been taken hostage by a bunch of extremists with no brakes and no boundaries.

– Yair Lapid

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It definitely brings us closer right now, what’s unclear for us is how much of these banking stresses are leading to a widespread credit crunch. And then that credit crunch, just as you said, would then slow down the economy.

– Neel Kashkari

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think we actually got closer since that point, significantly closer, because things just became more real. And we’re there for each other.

– Hollie Savitt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The reason for the increase is that mortgage rates were somewhat lower in January and February and consumers wanted to take advantage of a rate that was around 6.3%, rather than closer to 7%.

– Lawrence Yun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s not like a fire where they can see the fire building and getting closer. This is instantaneous. It just happens and It’s too late for you to react to it.

– Grant Malinowski

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When I lost my son, I was not there, the last few breaths, the last few words I wasn’t there. I had to do something… to bring me a little closer to him…He took his last everything on that ride.

– Nekia Dodd

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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