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It is the act of a coward to wish for death. — Unknown Author
Then all at once in late August's heat, tall leafless stalks crowned with iridescent pink and purple blossoms burst from the purgatory in the earth.… — Duane Michals
Janetty tried to dive through the window to escape, what an act of cowardice. — Bobby Heenan
After 10 years TNA talent still have an inferiority complex. If you don't think that you work for the BEST COMPANY EVER then nobody else… — Chris Jericho
For so work the honey bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom. — William Shakespeare
The next step may be fatal to us. Let us then act like wise men, calmly look around us and consider what is best to… — Samuel Adams
It is amazing how many people act as if the right to free speech includes the right to be free of criticism for what you… — Thomas Sowell
Hollywood's martyr-mythology leaves out the fact that the famed Hollywood Ten, for example, were in fact members of the Communist Party, which advocated the violent… — Jonah Goldberg
Can we be sure that terrorism and WMD will join together? If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least… — Tony Blair
[Alan] Dershowitz has also offered to defend Osama bin Laden in court, saying it would be an act of high patriotism. It's kind of too… — Ann Coulter
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve… — Ronald Reagan
All of the great ideas, without action, become stale and useless. The key to turning dreams into reality is action. People who have great ideas… — Jim Rohn
The feeling that "I am enough" does not mean that I have nothing to learn, nothing further to achieve, and nowhere to grow to. It… — Nathaniel Branden
A spontaneous act of generosity, performed with unselfish grace is an example of moral beauty, as are certain acts of courage; genuine modesty is a… — Yi-Fu Tuan
Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things grow by God's… — Florence Nightingale
One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the bonds of community,… — John W. Gardner
It's possible to think of photography as an act of editing, a matter of where you put your rectangle pull it out or take it… — Michael Kenna
Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the very process forces… — Michael Kenna
If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in states where gay marriage is… — Jeff Greenfield
To live in any true sense of the word is to reject others; to accept them, one must be able to renounce, to do oneself… — Emile M. Cioran
The Law waits for you to stumble on a mode of being, a soul different from the FDA-approved purple-stamped standard dead meat - & as… — Hakim Bey
Since you are an integral part of a social system, let every act of yours contribute to the harmonization of social life. Any action that… — Marcus Aurelius
Always follow these two rules: first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change your opinion if… — Marcus Aurelius
Conscience, as a mentor, the guide and compass of every act, leads ever to happiness. When the individual can stay alone with his or her… — William George Jordan
God leaves to our conscience the choice of the road we decide to follow, and the liberty of yielding to one or another of the… — Allan Kardec

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