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• It is my sincere hope that Christopher Bryson's apparently thorough and comprehensive perusal of the scientific literature on the biological actions of fluoride and the ensuing debates through the years will receive the attention it deserves and that its implications will be seriously considered.

  Arvid Carlsson

  Years, Literature, Attention

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• We don’t have to convince an unwilling God to come and refresh us with His presence. He’s for it. But, He cannot be manipulated. But when sincere hearts who know they cannot do His work nor His will without Him, humbly pray, He will answer.

  J. Edwin Orr

  Heart, Answers, Praying

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• The mountains have rules. they are harsh rules, but they are there, and if you keep to them you are safe. A mountain is not like men. A mountain is sincere. The weapons to conquer it exist inside you, inside your soul.

  Walter Bonatti

  Men, Climbing, Soul

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• Sorrow makes men sincere.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Grief, Men, Sorrow

  Henry Ward Beecher (1872). “The Life Jesus: The Christ”, p.254

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• Sincere prayer is answered by unfailing grace.

  Shri Radhe Maa

  Prayer, Grace, Sincere Prayer

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• Most important, you learn never to trust a man, even if he seems honest and sincere. You learn how men deceive themselves and how impossible it is to help them without injuring yourself.

  Jack Abbott

  Men, Important, Honest

  "In the Belly of the Beast". Book by Jack Abbott, 1981.

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• Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind to the quick, is to speak and write honestly.

  Elias Lyman Magoon

  Writing, Men, Way

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 476), 1895.

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• A sincere soul is not trying to make a show. His enthusiasm is an act of service.

  Radhanath Swami

  Soul, Trying, Enthusiasm

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• The vegetarian movement ought to fill with gladness the souls of those who have at heart the realization of God's kingdom upon earth, not because vegetarianism itself is such an important step towards the realization of this kingdom (all real steps are equally important or unimportant), but because it serves as a criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of man is genuine and sincere.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Real, Heart, Men

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• It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit. . . . No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest?

  Francois Fenelon

  Love, Believe, Sacrifice

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• Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.

  Al Smith

  Sports, Believe, Simple

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• Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend.

  Thomas Gray

  Friendship, Heaven, Soul

  Thomas Gray, “Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard”

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• Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.

  Samuel Johnson

  Friendship, Names, Innocent

  On the death of Mr Levett, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 137 (20 January 1782)

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• Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.

  Alexander Pope

  Friendship, Faithful, Soul

  'Epistles to Several Persons' 'To Mr. Addison' (1720) l. 67

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• Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings, and to spend our lives finding sincere and fitting means of expression for our temperament and our gifts.

  Georges Rouault

  Mean, Expression, Fitting

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• Although North Korea's position differs (from Tokyo's), Japan's basic stance remains unchanged ? to seek sincere responses from the North Korean side to resolve the abduction and nuclear issues.

  Junichiro Koizumi

  Japan, Korea, Issues

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• I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.

  Tahar Ben Jelloun

  Funny, Writing, Commitment

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• These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people.

  Jacques Chirac

  Condolences, Names, People

  "Widespread International Condemnation of Attacks". www.irishtimes.com. March 11, 2004.

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• In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

  George Henry Lewes

  Speech, Great Power, Speakers

  George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Principles of Success in Literature”

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• The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think about the one, talk to the one, regard the one, serve the one. If you are sincere and constant, you will discover that gradually your influence with the many will be magnified.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Thinking, Keys

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• Many pray for the power of God. More every year. Those prayers sound powerful, sincere, godly, and without ulterior motive. Hidden under such prayer and fervor, however, are ambition, a craving for fame, the desire to be considered a spiritual giant. The person who prays such a prayer may not even know it, but dark motives and desires are in his heartin your heart.

  Gene Edwards

  Spiritual, Prayer, Powerful

  Gene Edwards (2016). “The Gene Edwards Collection: A Tale of Three Kings / The Prisoner in the Third Cell / The Divine Romance”, p.40, NavPress

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• Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely -- whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul that seeks it. But above all else--it presents us with the gift of ourselves.

  Aberjhani

  Art, Giving, Soul

  Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.3, Lulu.com

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• The way I see it, there is no greater spiritual beauty than fanaticism, of a sort so sincere it can only end in martyrdom.

  Isabelle Eberhardt

  Spiritual, Way, Ends

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• Alas! the praise given to the ear
  Ne'er was nor ne'er can be sincere.

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

  Ears, Flattery, Praise

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• Ideal love is fostered only between two sincere, mature and independent people. Real love is not two people clinging to each other; it can only be fostered between two strong people secure in their individuality.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Strong, Real, Independent

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