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When you accepted your job, you were not chosen solely to fill a position on the organization chart; you were chosen to fill a responsibility. — David Cottrell
In 1650 Bishop Ussher dated the creation from the genealogy given in the Bible at 4004 B.C.; for a long time (even for some people… — Leigh Page
People don't like to be lectured to, but if you can make them laugh, their defenses come down, and for the time being they've accepted… — Paul Krassner
Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't… — Ziggy Marley
A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority. — Rick Warren
The words of the Declaration of Independence, as given effect by Washington...are to be accepted as real, and not as empty phrases...that in very truth… — Theodore Roosevelt
Like an enemy I knew as intimately as any friend, I came to know the nagging, constant emptiness of the incongruent life. I ignored myself… — Phil McGraw
No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness . — Harry Emerson Fosdick
We read Charlotte Bronte not for exquisite observation of character, not for comedy, not for a philosophic view of life, but for her poetry. Probably… — Virginia Woolf
People only seriously consider change when they feel accepted for exactly who they are. — Carl Rogers
Mind, I am not preaching anything contrary to accepted morality. I am not advocating free love in this or any other case. Society must go… — Ford Madox Ford
When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported… — Claude Bernard
As a singer, I've had many opportunities to travel, and one thing I've learned is that through my music, I can be accepted by people… — Celine Dion
History is always best written generations after the event, when clouded fact and memory have all fused into what can be accepted as truth, whether… — Theodore White
Why do we fail? Is it because we are unlucky? Is it because we have not worked very hard? I s it because we have… — Sri Chinmoy
Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and youâ€™re not there anymore. Itâ€™s better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal. — Mary Karr
Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her past history of inner pain and difficulties in relationships,… — Jean Vanier
Of all the statist violations of individual rights in a mixed economy, the military draft is the worst. It is an abrogation of rights. It… — Ayn Rand
I was always nervous about coming back to Australia which was a complete hangover of the days when I left when ballet was not accepted,… — Robert Helpmann
If I was concerned about being accepted, I would have been doing Ansel Adams lookalikes, because that was easily accepted. Everything I did was never… — Duane Michals

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