Unwanted Quotes
202 quotes by 161 authors
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The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child. But…
— Ed Koch
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There is much suffering in the world - physical, material, mental. The suffering of some can be blamed on the greed of others. The material…
— Mother Teresa
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As far as I am concerned, the greatest suffering is to feel alone, unwanted, unloved. The greatest suffering is also having no one, forgetting what…
— Mother Teresa
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People have forgotten what the human touch is, what it is to smile, for somebody to smile at them, somebody to recognize them, somebody to…
— Mother Teresa
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The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling or being unwanted, uncared for, deserted by everybody. The greatest…
— Mother Teresa
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I believe that life is valuable, even when it is unwanted, even when it is physically imperfect. I believe our society has a responsibility to…
— George W. Bush
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The symptoms and the illness are not the same thing. The illness exists long before the symptoms. Rather than being the illness, the symptoms are…
— M. Scott Peck
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Like Mary, let us be full of zeal to go in haste to give Jesus to others. She was full of grace when, at the…
— Mother Teresa
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So the big question is, "Well, do I just dump all those unwanted things and try to start fresh?" And we say, no. You just…
— Esther Hicks
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Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us...…
— Joss Whedon
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Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and…
— Ban Ki-moon
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All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece.
— Eddie Murphy
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We are developing in the United States a huge underclass of unwanted people, many of them the descendants of the exploitation of the South American…
— Benedict Groeschel
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To bring into the world an unwanted human being is as antisocial an act as murder.
— Gore Vidal
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From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators ridding us of unwanted pests; an abundance of life creating a genetic codebook that…
— Tony Juniper
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It’s not easy to get rid of unwanted things.
— Miljenko Jergovic
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Every moment of mindfulness means the gradual destruction of latent defilements. It is somewhat like cutting away a piece of wood with a small axe,…
— Mahasi Sayadaw
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The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. . . Like spiders,…
— Louise Bourgeois
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To start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted
— Philip Larkin
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Men have influenced my activism and feminism both positively and negatively. As most gender differences are social, not genetic, we still need to change what…
— Eva Cox
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