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We are injured and hurt emotionally, Not so much by other people or what they say and don't say, But by our own attitude and…
— Maxwell Maltz
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows…
— Teresa of Avila
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We can't afford to lose control of our own borders or to take on new financial burdens at a time when we are not adequately…
— William J. Clinton
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It is a commonplace of American life that immigrants have made our country great and continue to make a very important contribution to the fabric…
— William J. Clinton
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But the simple truth is that we've lost control of our own borders, and no nation can do that and survive.
— Ronald Reagan
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Our country and state have a special obligation to work toward the stabilization of our own population so as to credibly lead other parts of…
— Ronald Reagan
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How can we vote for a bill [S.744] that our own CBO says will reduce average wages in America for 12 years, increase unemployment for…
— Jeff Sessions
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Believing ourselves to be possessors of absolute truth degrades us: we regard every person whose way of thinking is different from ours as a monster…
— Octavio Paz
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our…
— Benjamin Franklin
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In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is danger where men…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press on the limits of subsistence,…
— John F. Kennedy
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Women have to work much harder to make it in this world. It really pisses me off that women don't get the same opportunities as…
— Beyonce Knowles
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After we graduate tonight, we no longer have to let society happen to us. We get to create our own.
— Rachel Maddow
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If we're able to identify our own ignorance, we can identify someone else's expertise. We learn how to listen to each other. And that is…
— Ted Koppel
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Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about…
— Louise Fresco
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Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our…
— Samuel McChord Crothers
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Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities.
— Mary Frances Berry
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We must realize that we have a choice. We are responsible for our own good time... When you do something you are proud of, dwell…
— David Berkowitz
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The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience.
— George Horne
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In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape. For a short while, our mothers' bodies are the boundaries and personal…
— Louise Erdrich
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If some of this art is not for you, that's fine. Art appreciation is a subjective matter, and we each bring our own experience, knowledge…
— Michael Audain
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In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man…
— Blaise Pascal
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We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.
— Isaac Barrow
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I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters…
— Albert Einstein
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Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre…
— George A. Sheehan
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