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If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek. — Ken Blanchard
The cornerstones of this country's operation are economic and political strength and power. The black man doesn't have the economic strength - and it will… — Malcolm X
But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When an individual, in a church… — Abraham Lincoln
At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change of purpose was… — Abraham Lincoln
The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously. — Albert Einstein
[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to burst… — Barbara Pym
...The God I know is one that promotes peace and freedom. But I get great sustenance from my personal relationship. That doesn't make me think… — George W. Bush
I believe it is in the national interest that government stand side-by-side with people of faith who work to change lives for the better. I… — George W. Bush
The declaration of love may come sooner than expected. Take time before you reciprocate as this may simply be a statement of what they expect… — Seneca the Younger
Why should I hate someone on the basis of their religion, when I can take a little time to get to know them and hate… — Dennis Miller
The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of… — Charles Caleb Colton
We take our shape, it is true, within and against that cage of reality bequeathed us at our birth; and yet it is precisely through… — James A. Baldwin
Most people do not take heed of the things they encounter, nor do they grasp them even when they have learned about them, although they… — Heraclitus
Let the fruition of things bless the possession of them, and take no satisfaction in dying but living rich. — Thomas Browne
It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of life… — Robert Louis Stevenson
'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment. — Richard Dawkins
Religion has ever been anti-human, anti-woman, anti-life, anti-peace, anti-reason and anti-science. The god idea has been detrimental not only to humankind but to the earth.… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
There is no such thing as a peace of soul approach to religion. It makes of God a gigantic Bayer Aspirin; take God three times… — John Powell
They who prosper take on airs of vanity. — Aeschylus
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. — Aesop
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. — Baron de Montesquieu
It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I saw them with my bodily eyes as clearly as I see you. And when they departed, I used to weep and wish they would… — Joan of Arc
Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They… — Susan Sontag
In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt. — Meg Cabot

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