Sacrifice Quotes - Page 40

• In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.

  John Rhys-Davies

  Real, Hero, People

  "Exclusive Interview: John Rhys Davies Talks War of Resistance, Indy 5 + Returning to The Hobbit?". Interview with David Sztypuljak, www.heyuguys.com. August 15, 2011.

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• If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?

  Akio Morita

  Responsibility, Risk, Suffering

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• I do not intend to be made the scapegoat of sacrifice, to be offered up as a victim to society.

  Victoria Woodhull

  Victim, Made, Scapegoat

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• You don't sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

  Michael Caine

  Individuality

  "The Prestige - Michael Caine interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.

  Diane Ackerman

  Compassion, People, Risk

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• The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for something that does not exist (our friends being friends only in the light of an agreeable folly which travels with us through life and to which we readily accommodate ourselves, but which at the bottom of our hearts we know to be no more reasonable than the delusion of the man who talks to the furniture because he believes that it is alive.).

  Marcel Proust

  Giving Up, Believe, Heart

  Marcel Proust (1970). “The past recaptured”, Random House (NY)

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• America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

  Henry Rollins

  Country, Patriotic, America

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• The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

  Napoleon Hill

  Strong, Broken, Achievement

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• In ancient times they sacrificed the virgins. Men were not about to sacrifice the sluts!

  Bill Maher

  Men, Ancient, Virgins

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• Since the Icelandic volcano obviously needs a virgin sacrifice and the Catholic Church obviously needs new leadership the Pope must volunteer to jump in the volcano. Pontiff, don't think of it as endorsing paganism, think of it as supersizing Ash Wednesday.

  Bill Maher

  Thinking, Volcanoes, Volunteer

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• Well, that's exactly the wrong attitude. That is not the attitude they had in World War II. You're attitude is that freedom means you can do whatever you want whenever you want it. And that sacrifice is somehow un-American. [...] But the idea that we should also be defensive about our flaws and our weaknesses and our vulnerabilities is ridiculous.

  Bill Maher

  Attitude, War, Mean

  "Cnn Talkback Live" with Arthel Neville, www.cnn.com. November 18, 2002.

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• My generation didn`t face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression and know what suffering is. That`s why Bob Dole had a tough time with this electorate. He was an old-fashioned curmudgeon who knew about sacrifice, and we didn`t know if we could live up to his standards. But we knew we could live up to Bill Clinton`s. He`s more like one of us.

  Bill Maher

  War, Issues, Tough Times

  "Lite Night with Bill Maher". Interview with Ana Marie Cox, www.motherjones.com. January/February 1998.

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• I'd like to protect children, too, but... is everything worth sacrificing to that? I mean, drugs have done a lot of good... They've midwived a lot of good ideas... lot of great songs, you know? I think "Penny Lane" is worth 10 dead kids... I think Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. There, I said it.

  Bill Maher

  Song, Children, Mean

  "Bill Maher: I'm Swiss". Documentary, Comedy, 2005.

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• When you have war, whether it's a war against drugs, war against terrorism, war overseas, the mentality of the people change and they're more willing to sacrifice their liberties in order to be safe and secure.

  Ron Paul

  War, Order, People

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I think my mother taught me what not to do. She put us first, always, sometimes to the detriment of herself. She encouraged me not to do that. She'd say being a good mother isn't all about sacrificing; it's really investing and putting yourself higher on your priority list.

  Michelle Obama

  Mother, Thinking, Priorities

  "Michelle Obama’s tips for being happy, healthy". Interview with Liz Vaccariello, www.today.com. October 5, 2009.

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• My own idea about 3D is that it is there to enhance the viewing experience but I don't think that you have to use it in a tricky way, I think that the minute you sacrifice story and character for something coming out of the screen, I think you've lost it.

  David Yates

  Character, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: collider.com

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• My family's great and everybody's happy and healthy and my career is good. But personally, I had to sacrifice a lot in my own personal life. And I regret that.

  Darren Shahlavi

  Regret, Careers, Healthy

  Source: collider.com

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• It's the sacrifice I'm not willing to make right now to leave my children because I felt it wasn't only my choice.

  Joan Chen

  Children, Choices, Willing

  "Joan Chen and Amanda Schull Interview MAO’S LAST DANCER". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. August 18, 2010.

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• Until you have enough money accumulated, sacrifice luxury. Sacrifice TV, time out, and even time with your family and friends.

  Ryan Blair

  Luxury, Family And Friends, Tvs

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• A number of religions in Ankh-Morpork still practiced human sacrifice, except that they didn't really need to practice any more because they had got so good at it.

  Terry Pratchett

  Practice, Numbers, Ankh

  "Guards! Guards!". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1989.

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• Work, my children, work with your whole heart and soul! That is the thing. Mind not the fruit of work. What if you go to hell working for others? That is worth more than to gain heaven by seeking your own salvation... Sri Ramakrishna came and gave his life for the world. I will also sacrifice my life.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Children, Heart, Heaven

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• In the midst of all the candy and commercialism, let's not lose sight of the true meaning of Halloween: tree worship and animal sacrifice.

  Dana Gould

  Halloween, Animal, Sight

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• Our land is the dearer of our sacrifices. The blood of our martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit passes into thousands of hearts. How costly is the progress of the race. It is only by the giving of life that we can have life.

  Edward Joseph Young

  Heart, Race, Blood

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• Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to, every time. If it pains them to make a choice - if the choice looks like a 'sacrifice' - you can be sure that it is no nobler than the discomfort caused by greediness... the necessity of deciding between two things you want when you can't have both.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Pain, Two, People

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.241, Penguin

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• The goal of human freedom is not in freedom itself, nor it is in man, but in God. By giving man freedom, God has yielded to man a piece of His Divine authority, but with the intention that man himself would voluntarily bring it as a sacrifice to God, a most perfect offering.

  Theophan the Recluse

  Men, Offering, Giving

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