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6324 Individual quotes by 3344 unique authors

The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is. — Erich Fromm
Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the… — George Soros
I admire women who can be feminists and fight for women's rights, who believe in our powers as individuals and yet not apologize for beauty. — Olivia Wilde
If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as well as individual… — Kofi Annan
Older, younger, anyone can help. We've learned that our legislators listen, and people with passionate and thoughtful concerns make a difference every day. We've had… — Doris Day
What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver. — Edward James Olmos
Let ... individuals make the most of what God has given them, have their neighbors do the same, and then do all they can to… — Sojourner Truth
The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition. — Andrew Carnegie
Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate, and where no opportunity for the forming of opinions exists, there may be… — Hannah Arendt
Every individual strives to grow and exclude, to the extremities of the universe, and to impose the law of its being on every other creature. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I never look at the masses as my responsibility. I look at the individual. I can love only one person at a time. I can… — Mother Teresa
One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America is a goal… — Jeff Bridges
Change happens at the level of the individual — Scilla Elworthy
Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about this consistently. [Arresting people for] medical marijuana is the most… — Peter McWilliams
The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected; and if those are not… — Samuel Johnson
We're looking at the singular condition of poverty. All the other individual problems spring from that condition... doesn't matter if it's death, aid, trade, AIDS,… — Bob Geldof
Small loans can transform lives, especially the lives of women and children. The poor can become empowered instead of disenfranchised. Homes can be built, jobs… — Natalie Portman
As our economy faces up to potential labour shortages due to our ageing population and as it moves to a new level of sophistication to… — Julia Gillard
Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful. — Thomas Malthus
It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it,… — Noam Chomsky
Democracy doesn't mean much if people have to confront concentrated systems of economic power as isolated individuals. Democracy means something if people can organize to… — Noam Chomsky
When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who commits… — Christopher Reeve
Individuals of all ages can make an important difference in the overall health of our ocean by the actions they take every day. Simple things… — Ted Danson
Through fear of resembling one another, through horror of having to submit, through uncertainty as well, through skepticism and complexity, there is a multitude of… — Andre Gide

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