Inspiring Quotes - Page 38

• I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Citizens, Done, Today

  The Straits Times, April 20, 1987.

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• I decided I would rather have a day job and love music than to play music that made me hate it.

  David Torn

  Funny, Jobs, Hate

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• I don't think about what other people expect or anything. I mean, I sit and worrying so much about what I'M thinking, I'd go NUTS if I sat around worrying about other people.

  Allan Holdsworth

  Funny, Mean, Thinking

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• Where have we come as a country, when loving the Constitution, being a patriot, loving Jesus is extremist? Let me tell you what I think is extreme, is a president who was raised by communists, taught by communists, who was supported by communists, and whose self-appointed, self-admitted heroes are communists. And that, I think, is un-American.

  Matt Shea

  Country, Jesus, Hero

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• My marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other. This wasn't because we were angry. We had nothing to say. I was dying of boredom.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Husband, Boredom, Dying

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is something in this universe that justifies the biblical writer in saying, "You shall reap what you sow." This is a law-abiding universe. This is a moral universe. It hinges on moral foundations. If we are to make of this a better world, we've got to go back and rediscover that precious value that we've left behind.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Biblical, Law, Foundation

  "Rediscovering Lost Values". Sermon delivered at Detroit's Second Baptist Church, February 28, 1954.

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• An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. And this is one of the big problems of life, that so many people never quite get to the point of rising above self. And so they end up the tragic victims of self-centeredness. They end up the victims of distorted and disrupted personality.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Self, People, Personality

  "Conquering Self-centeredness". Sermon Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, August 11, 1957.

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• I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Mistake, Believe, Thinking

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• Every person, genius or moron, has a right to reproduce himself.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Genius, Moron, Persons

  Lee Kuan Yew (2013). “The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew”, p.142, Editions Didier Millet

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• The decision we must make now is whether we will give our allegiance to outmoded and unjust customs or to the ethical demands of the universe. As Christians we owe our allegiance to God and His will, rather than to man and his folkways

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Christian, Men, Giving

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”, p.128, Beacon Press

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• I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have a different way of fighting. But basically we all have two arms and two legs so that is why I believe there should be only one way of fighting and that is no way.

  Bruce Lee

  Believe, Mean, Fighting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Integrity, Government, Media

  Address To The General Assembly Of The International Press Institute At Helsinki Wednesday, June 9, 1971.

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• I do not yet know of a man who became a leader as a result of having undergone a leadership course.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Men, Leader, Results

  Lee Kuan Yew (2013). “The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew”, p.54, Editions Didier Millet

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• Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Games, Iron, Giving

  Said at a rally in 1980. "Singapore's Founding Father Lee Kuan Yew Dies at 91", www.bbc.com. March 23, 2015.

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• Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Facts, Explanation, Contrary

  Marilynne Robinson (2015). “Housekeeping”, p.142, Faber & Faber

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• In many situations involving service recovery - the problem itself became the catalyst for the creation of even greater trust as the companies took the issues head-on and worked through the difficult problem in a way that restored confidence.

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Recovery, Issues

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• Only 20 percent of employees working in large organizations surveyed feel their strengths are in play every day. Thus, eight our of ten employees surveyed feel somewhat miscast in their role.

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Eight, Play

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.102, Simon and Schuster

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• Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are - to live lives where we love justice, where we can live in peace. Feminism is for everybody.

  Bell Hooks

  Live Life, Justice, Feminist

  bell hooks (2014). “Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics”, p.118, Routledge

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• I used to go on college campuses 25 years ago and announce I was a feminist, and people thought it meant I believed in free love and was available for a quick hop in the sack. ... Now I go on college campuses and say I'm a feminist, and half of them think it means I'm a lesbian. How'd we get from there to here without passing "Go"?

  Molly Ivins

  Mean, College, Thinking

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• Relaxation is the point. And if you can relax with an enlightened person his enlightenment will start penetrating you, because when you are relaxed you become porous. When you are tense you are closed; when you relax he will enter

  Rajneesh

  Relaxation, Enlightenment, Enlightened

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• If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Giving, Feminism, Would Be

  "Ginsburg talks gay marriage". www.politico.com. September 16, 2014.

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• The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.

  Laozi

  Wise, Philosophy, Example

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• If Romeo and Juliet make a tragedy of it nowadays, they have only to blame their own mismanagement, for the world is with them as it has never been before, and all sensible fathers and mothers know it.

  Richard Le Gallienne

  Mothers Day, Father, Tragedy

  Richard Le Gallienne (1915). “Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays”

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• I'm grateful to be of use. I will not be misused or abused, but I will be of use to anybody.

  Maya Angelou

  Grateful, Use, Misused

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• In the future, women, rather than men, will be the ones to change the world.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Men, Feminism, World

  "Malala Yousafzai’s Toughest Battle?" by Maria Rioumine and Adnan Rafiq, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2013.

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