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• It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should be sent to foreign countries for the purpose of education. Although there are many who escape the danger of contracting principles unfavorable to republican governments, yet we ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds from being too strongly and too early prejudiced in favor of other political systems, before they are capable of appreciating their own.

  George Washington

  Education, Country, Regret

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1840). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. IV. Letters official and private, from the beginning of his presidency to the end of his life: (v. 10) May, 1789-November, 1794. (v. 11) November, 1794-December, 1799”, p.14

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• Only after awhile. After it came out and people began to engage in discussions about the social reflections of the film that I realized it had an importance I hadn't thought of.

  Rod Steiger

  People, Injustice, Film

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• How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent and God will speak again.

  Francois Fenelon

  God, Prayer, Voice

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• I think e-mail is representative of our fast food mentality in the United States, where everything has gotten faster and faster, and we're required to respond to inputs more quickly with less time for thought and reflection. I believe that we need to slow down.

  Alan Lightman

  Believe, Thinking, United States

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• The priest knows, as every one knows, that there is no longer any "God," or any "sinner," or any "Saviour" that "free will" and the "moral order of the world" are lies : serious reflection, the profound self conquest of the spirit, allow no man to pretend that he does not know it.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Lying, Men, Self

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Writings of Nietzsche: Volume 1”, Lulu.com

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• I can only guess that it made the world he went back to...strangely without meaning. Though he lived in it, though he even enjoyed it, it remained utterly remote. I think it had lost sense for him. In his heart was the reflection of a lovely dream that he could never quite recall.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Change, Dream, Memories

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• Man is the individualised expression or reflection of God imaged forth and made manifest in bodily form. How is it, then, I hear it asked, that man has the limitations that he has, that he is subject to fears and forebodings, that he is liable to sin and error, that he is the victim of disease and suffering? There is but one reason. He is not living, except in rare cases here and there, in the conscious realisation of his own true Being, and hence of his own true Self.

  Ralph Waldo Trine

  Faith, Men, Errors

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• Roman Catholics utter their Papal edicts, Protestants quote their Bible, Fundamentalists declare their orthodox theological dogmas, and we are all expected to renounce private reflection and peacefully acquiesce to these pronouncements. And the result is that the dignity of the person is violated by such oppressive, intelligence-smothering forms of communication.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Communication, Catholic, Dignity

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• Your life is but a reflection of the predominance of your thoughts.

  Esther Hicks

  Law Of Attraction, Life Is, Attraction

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• An important measure of our true commitment to environmental quality is our dedication to protecting the wilderness and its inhabitants. We must recognize their ecological significance and preserve them as sources of inspiration and education. And we need them as places of quiet refuge and reflection.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Inspiration, Commitment, Dedication

  Nixon, Richard M. (1975). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973”, p.101, Best Books on

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• When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.

  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

  Doubt, Preparation, Levels

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• Laboratories are useful, but reflection for us must always start from experience.

  Pope Francis

  Laboratory

  Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.117, A&C Black

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• The world is a looking glass. It gives back to every man a true reflection of his own thoughts. Rule your mind or it will rule you.

  Gautama Buddha

  Men, Glasses, Giving

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• Today begins a new saga in my life which I expect to strengthen me and allow me time for reflection... I plan to write music while in prison, read and pray regularly and will come out a stronger, more confident woman.

  Lil' Kim

  Writing, Stronger, Today

  "Lil' Kim Reports to Detention Center". www.foxnews.com. September 20, 2005.

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• A lot of women make choices based on how they saw their mother's choices working out, how they saw the choices of the women elders in their lives working out. There's some rebellion in that, but there's also some deep reflection.

  Ariel Gore

  Mother, Work Out, Choices

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• He went to bed early, but could not fall asleep. He was haunted by sad and gloomy reflections about the inevitable end- death. These thoughts were familiar to him, many times had he turned them over this way and that, first shuddering at the probability of annihilation, then welcoming it, almost rejoicing in it. Suddenly a peculiarly familiar agitation took possession of him... He mused awhile, sat down at the table, and wrote down the following lines in his sacred copy-book, without a single correction.

  Ivan Turgenev

  Book, Fall, Bed

  Ivan Turgenev (2013). “Delphi Works of Ivan Turgenev (Illustrated)”, p.870, Delphi Classics

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• We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all who make plain the nature of our failure.

  Helmut Schoeck

  Envy, Achievement, Atheism

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• Life piles up so fast that I have no time to write out the equally fast rising mound of reflections.

  Virginia Woolf

  Time, Writing, Rising

  Virginia Woolf (2003). “A Writer's Diary”, p.21, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

  Mario Balotelli

  Who I Am, Public Image, Fairs

  "Mario Balotelli: 'I'm not a bad guy but I'm shy. Interviews are hard'" by Louise Taylor, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2011.

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• A service culture doesn't happen by accident. The company is always a reflection of the person at the helm. Their attitude, their values, and their commitment to service excellence will drive the actions of others in the organization. Always has...always will.

  Mac Anderson

  Attitude, Commitment, Service Culture

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• All relationship is a reflection of your relationship with yourself.

  Deepak Chopra

  Our Relationship

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.18, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• The call of God is not a reflection of my nature; my personal desires and temperament are of no consideration. As long as I dwell on my own qualities and traits and think about what I am suited for, I will never hear the call of God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Thinking, Long, Desire

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.2, Discovery House

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• To me there is no difference between one person and another; I behold all as soul-reflection s of the one God. I can't think of anyone as a stranger, for I know that we are all part of the One Spirit.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Thinking, Differences, Soul

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• There's nothing like meeting someone's family to get a true sense of them and a reflection of their ethics and personality. It just makes them a more rounded person.

  Lenora Crichlow

  Personality, Meeting Someone, Ethics

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• I don't know which me that I love, got no reflection.

  Marilyn Manson

  Knows

  Song: No Reflection, Album: Born Villain

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