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I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong… — Isabel Allende
Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves. — Taiichi Ohno
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. — Mark Dvoretsky
Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is cut and dried.… — Yasser Seirawan
The New Testament writers speak as if Christ's achievement in rising from the dead was the first event of its kind in the whole history… — C.S. Lewis
The real truth is that the Obama administration is professional at bullying, as we have witnessed with ACORN at work during the presidential campaign. It… — Jon Voight
This week, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized control of the Yemeni government, heretofore pro-American. In September, they overran Sanaa, the capital. On Tuesday, they seized the… — Charles Krauthammer
Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask… — Bill Watterson
The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what… — George Bernard Shaw
In the aftermath of the recent wave action in the Indian Ocean, even the archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williamson [sic], proved himself a latter-day… — Christopher Hitchens
There's no dishonor in being forced by a superior power into slavery, but it is an eternal disgrace to voluntarily surrender one's liberty for a… — Charley Reese
God was pitched out of forced schooling on his ear after WWII. This wasn't because of any constitutional proscription-there was none that anyone had been… — John Taylor Gatto
The inner experience of meditation can be had without any kind of forced discipline. The outer trappings - how one sits, breathes, dresses, and so… — Deepak Chopra
In an extreme credit crunch, leveraged purchases of gold cause forced sales, because any price correction triggers margin calls. As a result, gold can be… — Nouriel Roubini
Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war. — Peter DeFazio
All men are forced into one of two categories: those with eleven fingers and those without. — Ned Rorem
A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one. — David R. Brower
I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself. — Irwin Shaw
Even the most incorrigible maverick has to be born somewhere. He may leave the group that produced him-he may be forced to-but nothing will efface… — James A. Baldwin
No value is higher than self-esteem, but you've invested it in counterfeit securities-and now your morality has caught you in a trap where you are… — Ayn Rand
You must learn to deal with your own beliefs directly or you will be forced to deal with them indirectly. — Seth Roberts
No one can change your beliefs for you, nor can they be forced upon you from without. — Seth Roberts
You think when someone you love passes away, everything becomes clearer, that your priorities and perspectives align in a way they've never aligned before because… — Rachel Wade
Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals. — Malcolm X
Thus the State never intentionally confronts a man's sense, intellectual or moral, but only his body, his senses. It is not armed with superior wit… — Henry David Thoreau

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