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Persecutors, like Victims, act out of fear. The may seem fearless, but actually Persecutors are almost always former Victims. — David Emerald Womeldorff
I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction. — Janice Dickinson
Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee in the… — Ulysses S. Grant
Freedom from labor itself is not new; it once belonged among the most firmly established privileges of the few. In this instance, it seems as… — Hannah Arendt
As a former cop, I respect and appreciate those who've dedicated their lives to serving others as well as those who appreciate the rule of… — Dave Reichert
As between the skulking and furtive poacher, who hunts for the sake of meat, and the honest gentleman shooter, who kills for the pleasure of… — Edward Abbey
Smearing good people like Lauchlin Currie [former administrative assistant to President Roosevelt], Alger Hiss and others is, I think, unforgiveable... Anyone knowing Mr. Currie or… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The Church was resolved to have a New Testament, and as, after the lapse of more than three hundred years, no handwriting could be proved… — Thomas Paine
I learned to separate the story from the writing, probably the most important thing that any storyteller has to learn-that there are a thousand right… — Orson Scott Card
If mythic violence is lawmaking, divine violence is law-â€‹destroying; if the former sets boundaries, the latter boundlessly destroys them; if mythic violence brings at once… — Walter Benjamin
We do, in former chairman Lee Atwater's words, offer the party as a big tent, and therefore that message has to be clear. How we… — Dan Quayle
Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I… — Hugo Chavez
Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves. We are left with sagging, rippled flesh and burning gums with empty… — Raphael
Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard… — Condoleezza Rice
Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
That we should obey laws whether good or bad is a new-fangled notion. There was no such thing in former days. The people disregarded those… — Mahatma Gandhi
Though we have clear and full scriptures in the New Testament for abolishing the Ceremonial law, yet we nowhere read in all the new Testament… — George Gillespie
Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant...the second best all time...now, I have a new favorite player to play against...my former teammate, LeBron James. — Dwyane Wade
The future of each of us is inter-connected and all of us should work together by following the path laid down by former leaders of… — Sonia Gandhi
We came here to a country that was populated by Arabs and we are building here a Hebrew, a Jewish state; instead of the Arab… — Moshe Dayan

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