Suzanne Collins book Catching Fire
President Snow, p. 23
Variant: Katniss Everdeen, you have caused a spark, wich left unattended, may cause a spark that could cause a whole rebelion
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Catching Fire (2009)
“It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.”
Speech at the Innauguration of the Aga Khan Baug, Versova, India (17 January 1983) http://ismaili.net/speech/s830117.html <!-- ***Source: Selection of Speeches: 1976-1984<br>Source: Africa Ismaili, XIV, 2 (July 1983), pp. 20-22<br>Source: American Ismaili, (July 11, 1983), pp. 15-16 --> <br class="br">Context: There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their lot. Unless these unfortunates can be touched with the spark which ignites the spirit of individual enterprise and determination, they will only sink back into renewed apathy, degradation and despair. It is for us, who are more fortunate, to provide that spark.
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49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailism 1936Related quotes
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