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• My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life.

  Stephane Hessel

  Mother, Favour, Said

  "Stéphane Hessel fought injustice all his great life" by Agnès Poirier, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2013.

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• You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference.

  Patricia Hewitt

  Thinking, Talking, Differences

  "Reviving the love Labour's lost". Interview with Jackie Ashley, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.

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• I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

  Anthony Hopkins

  School, Acting, Way

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• What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

  Jesse Jackson

  Dream, Opportunity, Law

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• Sometimes, you just have to clear your head and get out to see other things. It is very important to be nourished. I love to go to museums and galleries, I like to see theatre, film, dance - anything creative. It doesn't promise you inspiration, but it nourishes your creative soul, and that's good.

  Marc Jacobs

  Inspiration, Museums, Creative

  "Marc Jacobs to leave Louis Vuitton". Interview with Murray Healy, www.dazeddigital.com. October 2, 2013.

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• What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade.

  Gertrude Jekyll

  Summer, Time, Spring

  Gertrude Jekyll (2011). “Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur”, p.77, Cambridge University Press

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• I don't want anyone as president who promises to take care of me. I may be stupid, but I want a chance to try to be a grown-up and take care of my family.

  Penn Jillette

  Stupid, Trying, President

  "Commentary: Last thing we need now is a great leader" by Penn Jillette, www.cnn.com. September 3, 2008.

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• What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

  Barbara Jordan

  Peace, Integrity, War

  Barbara Jordan, Shelby Hearon (1979). “Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait”, Doubleday Books

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• Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Responsibility, People, World

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• The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap. I promise you. It's just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don't buy it. Be smart. Be thoughtful and be generous.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Smart, Thoughtful, People

  "Ashton Kutcher Channels Steve Jobs In The Best 'Teen Choice Awards' Acceptance Speech Ever". Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech for Teen Choice Awards at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, www.businessinsider.com. August 11, 2013.

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• Carole King's second album, 'Tapestry,' has fulfilled the promise of her first and confirmed the fact that she is one of the most creative figures in all of pop music. It is an album of surpassing personal-intimacy and musical accomplishment and a work infused with a sense of artistic purpose. It is also easy to listen to and easy to enjoy.

  Jon Landau

  Kings, Accomplishment, Creative

  Jon Landau (1972). “It's too late to stop now: a rock and roll journal”

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• Liberalism has consequences. It has never worked, folks! It has never worked. And it has never fulfilled its promise.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Folks, Liberalism, Fulfilled

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• Obama is not the messiah any longer. He is now your standard, ordinary, everyday politician who lies, who breaks promises, who's in it for himself, who can't do anything on his own. He's not qualified. All of this is becoming known, sadly, too late.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Lying, Everyday, Too Late

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• On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.

  Dan Lipinski

  Veterans Day, American Veterans, Us Veterans

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• Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant element in the universe.

  Dan Lipinski

  Environmental, Energy, Needs

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• I know that being seen as a role model means taking responsibility for all my actions. I am human, and of course, sometimes I make mistakes. But I promise that when I fall, I get back up.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Mistake, Fall, Responsibility

  "Jennifer Lopez Is Our October Cover Girl!". Interview with Jancee Dunn, www.cosmopolitan.com. September 3, 2013.

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• The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.

  Mia Love

  Hard Work, Government, Prosperity

  "In Utah, GOP House Candidate Out To Make History". Interview With Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. May 3, 2012.

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• One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.

  Max Lucado

  Shadow Of Death, People, Giving

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• While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life.

  Josh McDowell

  Pain, Loneliness, Perfect

  Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell (2010). “Evidence for the Resurrection: What It Means for Your Relationship with God”, p.69, Baker Books

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• I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.

  George McGovern

  President, Troops, Very Deep

  "That Time George McGovern Hosted “SNL”…" by Asawin Suebsaeng, www.motherjones.com. October 22, 2012.

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• I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

  George McGovern

  Believe, Accepting, Presidency

  George Stanley McGovern (1974). “An American Journey: The Presidential Campaign Speeches of George McGovern”, New York : Random House

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• When you start one of these programs, school lunch programs, in a country that heretofore had nothing of that kind, immediately school enrollment jumps dramatically. Girls and boys get to the classroom with the promise of a good meal once a day.

  George McGovern

  Girl, Country, School

  "Ex-Senator seeks more food aid funding" by Dirk Lammers, usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 25, 2007.

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• We're not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.

  Joyce Meyer

  Giving, Decision, Robots

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• No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

  Joyce Meyer

  Love You, Past, Victory

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• Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

  Edna St. Vincent Millay

  Bad Ass, Giving, Advice

  Edna St. Vincent Millay (1952). “Letters”

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