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They didn't give their lives for their country! their lives were taken from them by their government.
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I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of…
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To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a…
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Let's face a historical truth: we have never had a "free market", we have always had government intervention in the economy, and…
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and knowing about who that is. It is about coming to realize that you are on…
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If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you…
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There was something horrifying in the realization that, in this twenty-first century of what we call 'civilization,' we have carved up what…
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Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of…
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...Surely, we must renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that…
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...We need to assert our allegiance to the human race, and not to any one nation.
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I was a bombadier in WW 2. When you are up 30,000 feet you do not hear the screams or smell the…
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With the indiscriminate nature of modern military technology (no such thing as a "smart bomb," it turns out) all wars are wars…
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We cannot be secure by limiting our liberties, as some of our political leaders are demanding, but only by expanding themWe should…
— Howard Zinn
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First thoughts are not always the best.
— Vittorio Alfieri
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First thoughts have tremendous energy. The internal censor usually squelches them, so we live in the realm of second and third thoughts,…
— Natalie Goldberg
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Go with your first thoughts; they're usually your best thoughts. Pay attention, stick to your goals and follow those guidelines. It's all…
— Rick Danko
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When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.
— Sydney J. Harris
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An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting…
— Keith Johnstone
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No matter where I am in the world or what's on my schedule, I begin each day by reading an inspirational book…
— Doreen Virtue
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First thoughts are the strongest.
— Allen Ginsberg
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We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.
— Horace Walpole
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We ought all to make an effort to act on our first thoughts and let our unspoken gratitude find expression. Then there…
— Albert Schweitzer
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Refuse to let your love grow cold. Stir up love in your life - towards your spouse and towards your family, friends,…
— Joyce Meyer
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One of my first thoughts I had when I started considering the mastectomy was, 'What am I going to look like?' And…
— Giuliana Rancic
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