Tolerance Quotes - Page 27

• I have insisted that we must be tolerant. But I also believe that this tolerance has its limits. We must not trust those anti-humanitarian religions which not only preach destruction but act accordingly. For if we tolerate them, then we become ourselves responsible for for their deeds.

  Karl Popper

  Believe, Deeds, Limits

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• I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values, our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space.

  David Blunkett

  Believe, Commitment, Space

  "For far too long, we have left patriotism to the extremists" by David Blunkett, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2005.

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• Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the stock market, because the broker was someone with a much higher tolerance for risk than the banker.

  Ron Chernow

  House, Risk, Bankers

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• Certainly I'm a Christian first and foremost. But I do believe in religious tolerance and finding the commonality between all of us. I think that's how we're all going to come together.

  Dennis Quaid

  Christian, Religious, Believe

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• If you've ever found yourself pushed to the limits of your tolerance... you find yourself doing some things that, from the outside, can be seen as quite insane.

  Brandon Lee

  Finding Yourself, Insane, Limits

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• Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda.

  Rebecca MacKinnon

  People, Littles, Propaganda

  "Upstart challenges Chinese state TV New Year show" by Min Lee, www.foxnews.com. January 23, 2009.

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• Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Real, Diversity, Rising

  "Calming our fears" by Tariq Ramadan, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2007.

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• If we are addressing the issue of weapons of mass destruction, we need to send a uniform, consistent message that there is zero tolerance to any country who is developing weapons of mass destruction, North Korea included.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Country, Zero, Mass Destruction

  "CNN Late Edition" with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. April 27, 2003.

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• I can't remember who it was who advocated that you should march with the left and dine with the right but I've often concurred, taking the view that I personify the great tolerance of Britain by consenting to being regally entertained. Besides, there is a degree of truth in the view that while the left are worthier, the right are wittier.

  Will Self

  Views, Degrees, March

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• According to the people who dearly would love to throw him out of office, Barack Obama was elected to be 'above politics.' He wasn't elected to be president, after all. He was elected as an avatar of American tolerance. His attempts to get himself reelected imply a certain, well, ingratitude.

  Charlie Pierce

  People, Office, President

  "Black Like Him: Obama's Narrow Path to Reelection". www.esquire.com. July 23, 2015.

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• For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to help them, to concentrate on universal values of mercy, co-operation and tolerance.

  Wadah Khanfar

  Inspiration, People, Islam

  "Wadah Khanfar: 'Be patient with the Arab World'". Interview with Susanna Rustin, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2011.

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• One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. What you need is a blind optimism and a tolerance for uncertainty.

  Drew Houston

  Optimism, Entrepreneur, Risk

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• At Linfox we have zero tolerance. If any alcohol or drugs are found in any drivers' blood, they are instantly dismissed.

  Lindsay Fox

  Zero, Blood, Alcohol

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• I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

  Suzy Amis

  Children, Vocabulary, Other Cultures

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• As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.

  John Scalzi

  Writing, People, Boredom

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• If you want to see what stage comedians did to get laffs a century ago, watch the 1910 'Wizard of Oz.' I hope you have a high tolerance for pratfalls.

  Kage Baker

  Comedian, Watches, Wizards

  Kage Baker (2012). “Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen”, p.91, Tachyon Publications

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• Living here in North America - I have been Americanized. When I go back home now, there are things that I have far less tolerance for in South Africa. We've come such a long way in terms of race relations and the economy as well as people's willingness to move on. There are still a lot of things that are frustrating about being in South Africa.

  Kandyse McClure

  Moving, Home, Race

  "Actress Kandyse McClure on Living in Apartheid and Her Career". Interview with Bryan Cain-Jackson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 12, 2013.

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• I learned to appreciate repetition. That's why I can dance. It's how I learned to act. I have a high tolerance for repetition.

  Channing Tatum

  Appreciate, Repetition, I Can

  "10 Things You Should Know About Channing Tatum" by Michael Howard, www.esquire.com. November 17, 2014.

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• Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a woman. In Alexandria, my friends were Christians and Muslims.

  Ahmed H. Zewail

  Senior, Christian, Religious

  "The US needs a new soft era" by Ahmed H. Zewail, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2010.

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• Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don't allow our children to use that language in schools, we also shouldn't give them stories in which it is used.

  Chris Crutcher

  Zero, Children, School

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• We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Motivational, Respect

  Speech at St. Louis, 22 Mar. 1964, in St Louis Post-Dispatch 23 Mar. 1964

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• When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

  Anais Nin

  Being Yourself, World, Tolerable

  "Woman as Writer" by Jeannette L. Webber and Joan Grumman, (p. 38), 1978.

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• If we could look into each other’s hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Love, Inspirational, Relationship

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• The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Humility, Compassion

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• No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Sympathy, Understanding, Feelings

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