Themselves Quotes

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Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors. — John Ralston Saul
It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially… — Bruce Cockburn
Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a… — Ian Anderson
Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers. — Leland Stanford
There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves. — Leland Stanford
Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public. — Daniel Day-Lewis
I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times… — Jack Canfield
I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold… — Richard Briers
Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives. — Jonathan Sacks
There is a point at which methods devour themselves. — Frantz Fanon
My father, if anything, first and last, was a man of words. He loved stories; he didn't live for stories, exactly, but I think he… — Henry Louis Gates
Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard. — Robert H. Jackson
Nobody knows through how many thousands of years fighting men have made a place for themselves while the weak and peaceable have gone to the… — Elihu Root
By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their… — Ian Mcewan
Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to… — Algernon Sidney
So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel… — Marie Osmond
I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which… — Diane Wakoski
PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite… — Diane Wakoski
Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than… — Agnes Macphail
If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit. — Kevin Nealon

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