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When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday… — Pat Riley
So can you do me a favor? If I pull it together, make it sooner than later. — Drake
Do me a favor... Stand up, walk to wherever the nearest window is, and just look outside. You may not know this, but there's an… — Backseat Goodbye
There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have carefully examined the evidences of the Christian religion, and if I was sitting as a juror upon its authenticity I would unhesitatingly give… — Alexander Hamilton
Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are… — Roland Barthes
He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor. — Joseph Addison
I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war. "There's no place for impractical dreamers around here," that's… — William S. Burroughs
We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received. — William Hazlitt
Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my… — George Washington
The name of the Lord (says the Scripture) is a strong tower; thither the righteous flee and are safe (Proverbs 18:10). Let us secure His… — Samuel Adams
An ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a… — Sharon Salzberg
My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the mind and morals of society,… — Thomas Jefferson
[N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a really good idea.… — Carl Sagan
"I believe that no characteristic is so distinctively human as the sense of indebtedness we feel, not necessarily for a favor received, but even for… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We label judges with having the meanest motives, and yet we desire that our reputation and fame should depend upon the judgment of men, who… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is… — Teresa of Avila
All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being… — Anita Brookner
A favor is half granted, when graciously refused. — Jonathan Swift
Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor. — Seneca the Younger
As I watch government at all levels daily eat away at our freedom, I keep thinking how prosperity and government largesse have combined to make… — Lyn Nofziger
I favor free trade in drugs for the same reason the Founding Fathers favored free trade in ideas: in a free society it is none… — Thomas Szasz
Political leaders in capitalist countries who cheer the collapse of socialism in other countries continue to favor socialist solutions in their own. They know the… — Milton Friedman
The universe gives to those who ask without favor. The electric plug which connects you is desire. — Walter Russell

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