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• I think there are definite parallels between sport and art. There's a real sense of sacrifice. There's a real sense of dedication that is needed in sport that I think you can attribute to art. I think so much of it is about bravery and courage, being an actor.

  Matt Smith

  Sports, Art, Real

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the things in your life that you need to sacrifice to get the best out of yourself artistically.

  Matt Smith

  Dedication, Discipline, Needs

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Divine love, agape, is self-sacrificing love, which sounds difficult, as it is, and not very attractive. If the best image we have of love is of a man who's been tortured and hung upon a cross to die an excruciating death, this is something that human beings find very, very hard to understand as love. But it is the highest Christian image of love.

  Kevin Hart

  Christian, Love Is, Men

  "The Poetry and Prayers of Kevin Hart". "Encounter" with Carmel Howard, www.abc.net.au. June 5, 2011.

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• Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.

  Eric Hoffer

  Enemy, Generations, Realizing

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• A gift involves sacrifice. If you give away something that you no longer value or want, it cannot be a gift. It is simply a discarded item.

  Wayne Gerard Trotman

  Giving, Want, Discarded

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• I think everyone knows how much of a joint effort being in politics is. It requires all kinds of sacrifices and all kinds of support.

  Kerry Healey

  Thinking, Support, Effort

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• May we all, as a nation of believers, fight for the achievement of America, may we make sacrifices worthy of those proud men and women who fought for us, labored for us, bled soil from the beaches of Normandy to the fields of Gettysburg for us.

  Cory Booker

  Beach, Fighting, Men

  "Brick Towers" by Cory Booker, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 11, 2005.

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• Every time a person sacrifices himself for a larger injustice, it aids in the cycle of change.

  Amy Carter

  Injustice, Aids, Persons

  "Amy Carter and Abbie Hoffman Win Acquittal, but They Want to Keep the C.i.a. on Trial" by Fred Bernstein, people.com. May 4, 1987.

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• Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science.

  Geoffrey Canada

  Art, Children, School

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• Dream big, sacrifice all, and you will enjoy victory.

  Henry Cejudo

  Dream, Victory, Bigs

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• I would never sacrifice my individual beliefs as a citizen to my corporate responsibilities.

  George W. Romney

  Responsibility, Citizens, Belief

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• Human sacrifice is much in vogue right now. The Republican right thinks that people who get on its nerves, especially women, should be sent to the stake. . .

  Mary McGrory

  Thinking, People, Nerves

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• I just don't want to be famous. I feel like there's a lot of sacrifice in that I'm not really willing to make.

  Missy Peregrym

  Want, Feels, Willing

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• Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own; but when they see it proved by sacrifices of ease, wealth, rank, and of life itself, there is no limit to their admiration.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love Is, Men, Self

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2499, Delphi Classics

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• Yes, I pray that my pain might be removed, that it might cease; but more so, I pray for the strength to bear it, the grace to benefit from it, and the devotion to offer it up to God as a sacrifice of praise.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Pain, Grace, Benefits

  Joni Eareckson Tada (2010). “A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty”, p.35, David C Cook

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• The idea that I hear from the right wing in the last few decades, is that any sort of sacrifice is an affront to my liberty as an American to be a pig the way I want to.

  Bill Maher

  Pigs, Wings, Ideas

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• In Christ we see a maturity of love that flowers in self-sacrifice and forgiveness; a maturity of power that never swerves from the ideal of service; a maturity of goodness that overcomes every temptation, and, of course, we see the ultimate victory of life over death itself.

  Vincent Nichols

  Flower, Maturity, Self

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• Reforming is about curbing government power. It is a self-imposed revolution; it will require real sacrifice, and it will be painful.

  Li Keqiang

  Real, Government, Self

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• I've always been fascinated by the military, the discipline they have and the sacrifices they make to defend the country. It's something I've always been interested in.

  Troy Polamalu

  Country, Military, Discipline

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• Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

  John Abizaid

  Troops, Command, Our Troops

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• He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness.

  Benjamin Robbins Curtis

  Ties, Welfare, Individual

  Benjamin Robbins Curtis, George Ticknor Curtis (1879). “A Memoir of Benjamin Robbins Curtis, LL. D.: Professional and miscellaneous writings”, Boston : Little, Brown,

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• Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don’t support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.

  James Altucher

  Love You, Ideas, Ill Will

  "Wall Street’s ‘Eat What You Kill’ Motto Is the Only Way to Live" by James Altucher, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 2013.

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• So completely was Jesus bent upon saving sinners by the sacrifice of Himself, He created the tree upon which He was to die, and nurtured from infancy the men who were to nail Him to the accursed wood.

  Octavius Winslow

  Jesus, Men, Tree

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• Its tempting to work more than 60 hours a week and sacrifice sleep, not move, and eat bad foods as they are convenient. But this comes with a cost.

  Tom Rath

  Moving, Sleep, Cost

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• If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Church, Weakness, World

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