Keepers Quotes - Page 5

• Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Pride

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.459

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• Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you think me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the children of my fellow beings starving to death?

  Eugene V. Debs

  Brother, Children, Helping Others

  "The Issue". Eugene V. Debs' speech in Girard, Kansas, May 23, 1908.

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• Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work. That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.

  Barack Obama

  Hurt, Brother, Fall

  Democratic National Convention Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 28 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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• We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.

  Maya Angelou

  Brother, Past, Community

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 09, 2014

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• Then do you mean that I have got to go on catching these damned two-and-a-half pounders at this corner forever and ever? The keeper nodded. Hell! said Mr. Castwell. Yes , said his keeper.

  G. E. M. Skues

  Mean, Lakes, Sea

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• If you ask, "Am I my brother's keeper?" The answer is, "You are.

  William Randolph Hearst

  Brother, Answers, Asks

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• The character and mentality of the keepers may be of more importance in understanding prisons than the character and mentality of the kept.

  Jessica Mitford

  Character, Understanding, May

  Jessica Mitford (1973). “Kind and usual punishment: the prison business”, Vintage

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• In every generation there is a vault-keeper, one who guards the links fiercely and knows they are more precious than rubies.

  Dani Shapiro

  Generations, Rubies, Links

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• You have to take care of yourself, your body, your mind, take care of your soul-be your own keeper.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Soul, Mind, Body

  Jennifer Lopez (2014). “True Love”, p.197, Penguin

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• Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there's plenty of people below you but no one's listening.

  William J. Clinton

  People, Listening, President

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• Our Lord holds the keys to the doors of Christian service. You don't have to chase 'key men' around if you know the Keeper of the keys!

  Vance Havner

  Christian, Men, Keys

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• The earth community, the Life Community, is not the property of any one religion or group or part of the world; it is the Commons that embraces us all, our planetary home. And it needs us as never before. It calls to us to become, not heroes but community builders, builders of home, gatherers and embracers, bearers of hospitality, keepers of the shared space that nurtures us all. It calls us not to go forth and come back laden with honors but to honor where we are, who we are, and from that place to reach out to connect to and honor each other in the community of life.

  David Spangler

  Hero, Home, Space

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• Clouseau: Does yer dewg bite? Inn Keeper: No Clouseau: Nice Doggy (bends down to pet a dachshund - it snarls and bites him) I thought you said yer dewg did not bite! Inn Keeper: Zat . . . iz not my dog!

  Peter Sellers

  Dog, Nice, Pet

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• Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

  Paul Robeson

  Artist, Civilization, Voice

  "Rose McGowan Opens the Women's Convention with a Powerful Speech" by Claire Valentine, www.papermag.com. October 28, 2017.

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• You can't tell a doper well under control from a vegetarian book-keeper.

  Raymond Chandler

  Book, Drug, Vegetarian

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Long Goodbye: A Novel”, p.119, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• If a girl understands your BS, sticks with you through your mistakes, smiles even when you've done nothing for her, it's obvious she's a keeper. But it's also obvious you don't deserve her.

  Lil Wayne

  Girl, Mistake, Done

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• Good keepers sniff out attacks whether with the feet or a throw out.

  Tim Howard

  Feet

  "Wandering With USA Goalkeeper Tim Howard" by Alan Black, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2011.

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• Ruben V is the keeper of the flame of the San Antonio vibe

  Joe King

  Flames, San Antonio, Rubens

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• And what is true of a shop-keeper is true of a shop-keeping nation.

  Josiah Tucker

  Shops, Nations

  A Letter from a Merchant in London to his Nephew in North America (1766) See Napoleon 5; Adam Smith 7

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• Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo - Captain Kangaroo ... I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.

  Bob Keeshan

  Names, House, Kangaroos

  "Fictional character: Captain Kangaroo". TV Series "Captain Kangaroo", October 3, 1955.

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• Jax Cassidy is a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction. Full of heat, seduction, and romance, her winning characters are sure to capture your heart and find a place on your keeper shelf.

  Gemma Halliday

  Heart, Character, Winning

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• We've drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium.

  Paul Harvey

  Men, Aquariums

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• Ah, the pretty whisperers! It was very well When the leaves were thick and green, awhile ago-- Leaves are secret-keepers; but since the last leaf fell There is nothing hidden from the eyes below.

  Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

  Eye, Secret, Green

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• When Michelle and I decided that I would run for President, it was because of a shared belief in the power of community and connection, a commitment to the idea that we are our brothers' keepers.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Brother, Commitment

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• I've always been a journal-keeper. I've always tried to write about how I'm experiencing life, and my feelings and thoughts.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Writing, Feelings, Journal

  "Kidd, Taylor take personal journey with Pomegranates". Interview with Maggie Galehouse, www.chron.com. September 13, 2009.

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