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• Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.

  Ludwig van Beethoven

  Lying, Heart, Soup

  Ludwig Van Beethoven (2004). “Beethoven: The Man and the Artist”, p.102, 1st World Publishing

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• The exchange between different cultures can not possibly be seen as a threat, when it is friendly. But I believe that the dissatisfaction with the overall architecture often depends on the quality of leadership.

  Amartya Sen

  Believe, Friendly, Quality

  "Think a West tolerant intolerance against Muslims is wrong and dangerous". "La Stampa" Interview with Mario Baudino, Amartya Sen, January 30, 2003.

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• The most sublime truth of all has never been stated or written or sung. Not because it is far away and can not be reached, but because it is so intimately close, closer than anything that can be spoken. It is alive as the stillness in the core of your being, too close to be described, too close to be objectified, too close to be known in the usual way of knowledge. The truth of who you are is yours already. It is already present.

  Gangaji

  Sublime, Usual, Alive

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• If we are extremists, then we are not ashamed of it, for the conditions that our people suffer are extreme, and extreme illness can not be cured with moderate medicine

  Malcolm X

  Medicine, People, Suffering

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• As we respond to the assault of our enemy and defend our country, we must never break international laws. Crime can not be solved by more crime.

  Meles Zenawi

  Country, Law, Enemy

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• On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success.

  Martin Van Buren

  People, Receiving, Tasks

  Martin Van Buren (1969). “Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”

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• A system can not understand itself.

  W. Edwards Deming

  W. Edwards Deming, Joyce (edited by) Orsini (2012). “The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship," for power alone was never yet worthy of prayer; but that He may say thus: "Look, my children, you will never be strong but with my strength. I have no other to give you. And that you can get only by trusting in me. I can not give it you any other way. There is no other way."

  George MacDonald

  Strong, Prayer, Children

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• One of the advantages of having an imaginary boyfriend is that he exists only for you, therefore he can not be stolen. The disadvantage is that you can not introduce him to your friends.

  Jessica Zafra

  Introducing, Advantage, Stolen

  Jessica Zafra (1997). “Chicken pox for the soul”

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• Truly in the heart there is a void that can not be removed except with the company of Allah. And in it there is a sadness that can not be removed except with the happiness of knowing Allah and being true to Him. And in it there is an emptiness that can not be filled except with love for Him and by turning to Him and always remembering Him. And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill this emptiness.

  Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

  Sadness, Heart, Knowing

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• I think a good deal may be said to extenuate the fault of bad Poets. What we call a Genius, is hard to be distinguish'd by a man himself, from a strong inclination: and if his genius be ever so great, he can not at first discover it any other way, than by giving way to that prevalent propensity which renders him the more liable to be mistaken.

  Alexander Pope

  Strong, Men, Thinking

  Alexander Pope (1961). “Poems: Pastoral poetry, and An essay on criticism”

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• I have Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin to thank that a Russian writer can not only write anything he wants, but also publish it.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Writing, Want, Gorbachev

  "'Russia Is Slipping Back into an Authoritarian Empire'". Interview with Martin Doerry and Matthias Schepp, www.spiegel.de. February 02, 2007.

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• Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility.

  Isaac of Nineveh

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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• If speculative ideas can not be tested, they're not science; they don't even rise to the level of being wrong.

  Wolfgang Pauli

  Ideas, Levels, Tested

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• I am truly an angel investor and I'am not a passive investor.As a passive investor, I am awful because I can not put funding into a company and leave it to other people.

  Terry Matthews

  Angel, People, Awful

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• Hey Belieber, never lower your head to anyone who criticizes you, your crown can not drop my princess.

  Justin Bieber

  Princess, Hey, Crowns

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• For us, warriors are not what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others. His task is to take care of the elderly, the defenseless, those who can not provide for themselves, and above all, the children, the future of humanity.

  Sitting Bull

  Children, Fighting, Warrior

  "Follow the Money Deep Underground" by Shadi Rahimi, www.motherjones.com. December 2, 2008.

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• How many more tragedies does it take before we do something? How many more children have to die before this country realizes that No Gun Zones create perfect locations for violence? You can not stop criminals and mad men with laws, you can only stop violence with the fear of armed victims.

  Alan Gottlieb

  Country, Children, Gun

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• I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to present to you the names of (Hazrat) Abu Bakar (RA) and (Hazrat) Umar Farooq (RA). They were leaders of a vast Empire, yet they lived a life of austerity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Names, Giving, Leader

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• Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspiring, Fear, Hate

  "Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story". Book by Martin Luther King Jr., 1957.

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• I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.

  Helen Keller

  Success, Careers, Failing

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• There comes a time when the pain of continuing exceeds the pain of stopping. At that moment, a threshold is crossed. What seemed unthinkable becomes thinkable. Slowly, the realization emerges that the choice to continue what you have been doing is the choice to live in discomfort, and the choice to stop what you have been doing is the choice to breathe deeply and freely again. Once that realization has emerged, you can either honor it or ignore it, but you cannot forget it. What has become known can not become unknown again.

  Gary Zukav

  Spiritual, Pain, Knowledge

  Gary Zukav (2012). “Soul to Soul: Communications From the Heart”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• We live in a world where everything is connected. We can not longer think in terms of us and them when it comes to the consequences of the way we live. Today it's all about WE.

  Gregg Braden

  Thinking, Live For Today, World

  Gregg Braden (2015). “Resilience from the Heart: The Power to Thrive in Life's Extremes”, p.163, Hay House, Inc

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• Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one.

  Pervez Musharraf

  Change, Ideas, Pakistan

  FaceBook post by Pervez Musharraf from Dec 26, 2011

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• I’m a huge South Park fan, loved Avenue Q and can not wait to work with Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Bobby Lopez and Casey Nicholaw. Elder Price is an amazing role and I am so excited to take The Book of Mormon across the country.

  Gavin Creel

  Country, Book, Waiting

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