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• It's somehow more comforting to imagine that one's suffering is unique, and to measure against what one doesn't know, rather than against what one does.

  Chris Ware

  Comforting, Suffering, Doe

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• Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover for ourselves the unique happiness that is our birthright.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Compassion, Meditation, Quality

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• Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.

  Nick Rahall

  Wilderness, Absence, Characteristics

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• Lord! what a strange world in which a man cannot remain unique even by taking the trouble to go mad!

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Mad, World

  "The Napoleon of Notting Hill". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1904.

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• You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born.

  Raymond E. Feist

  Children, Passion, May

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• The world as pure object is something that is not there. It is not a reality outside us for which we exist....It is a living and self-creating mystery of which I am myself a part, to which I am myself, my own unique door.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Responsibility, Reality

  Nicki Verploegen Vandergrift, Thomas Merton (1995). “Meditations with Merton”, Triumph Books

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• Today we are beginning to notice that the new media are not just mechanical gimmicks for creating worlds of illusion, but new languages with new and unique powers of expression.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Media, Expression, Creating

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• When will we learn that childhood is in a great sense not simply a preparation for adult life but a thing unique and complete in itself—a masterpiece of God.

  Carl Schmitt

  Childhood, Preparation, Adults

  Carl Schmitt, Samuel Armstrong Schmitt (2012). “Carl Schmitt: The Vision of Beauty”, p.98, Scepter Publishers

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• The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument unto itself.

  David Tudor

  Should Have, Ideas, Voice

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• When you're a sportswriter, you learn how to use your imagination and to flex your literary muscle, because it's the same game played over and over again. There's nothing unique or marvelous. It's not an earthquake, or a weird mass murder. It's just the same old game played over and over, and you have to bring out the personalities. You have to drag them kicking and screaming out into the light of day, or you're not a good sportswriter.

  Rick Bragg

  Light, Games, Earthquakes

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• Do not allow the enemy of your soul to rob you of that unique quality God has breathed into you.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Soul, Enemy, Quality

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• I always say to women, 'Take advantage of the fact that you're in the minority, don't see it as a disadvantage. You're that much more unique when there's fewer of you.

  Carol Leifer

  Minorities, Facts, Advantage

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• We all strive to find something unique and special that we are passionate about that separates us from the rest.

  Carissa Moore

  Special, Passionate, Strive

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• I'm in a unique position - I can do what I want.

  Don Imus

  Want, Position, Can Do

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• With James Reese’s vivid and chilling novel, readers will gain a whole new appreciation of two gothic landmarks, Dracula and Jack the Ripper. Not only does The Dracula Dossier grip us with its fast paced hunt for history’s most notorious killer, it also enchants us with sophisticated and lyrical recreations of its unique period and strong characters. A daring achievement.

  Matthew Pearl

  Appreciation, Strong, Character

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• I regard music therapy as a tool of great power in many neurological disorders -- Parkinson's and Alzheimer's -- because of its unique capacity to organize or reorganize cerebral function when it has been damaged.

  Oliver Sacks

  Alzheimer's, Tools, Disorder

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• What Sri Chinmoy has done in his weightlifting is an absolute miracle. He is a man of unique strength, a spiritual man exemplifying mind over matter. He is not merely lifting a dumbbell – he is trying to lift the attitude of the world.

  Bill Pearl

  Spiritual, Attitude, Men

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• Be open. And then the truth follows.

  Gangaji

  Being Yourself

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• Each individual is unique. We all have equal worth. Young and old, those who can cope and those who need help.

  Kjell Magne Bondevik

  Needs, Helping, Individual

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• I think the people that enjoyed Freedom will love this one; and I actually think some of the unique musical twists this project is taking will open it up to a whole new audience as well.

  Michael W. Smith

  Thinking, People, Musical

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• I strongly believe that nothing is more spiritual than living at our highest potential while serving others. I believe that the more closely aligned we are to "spirit" the more fully we will give ourselves in service to the world. As such, my "spiritual path" is the path that leads me to a more complete manifestation of my unique Bodhisattvic duties.

  Brian Johnson

  Spiritual, Believe, Giving

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• It's just incredible. When you're French, coming from a non-English language country, you don't even dream about Oscar recognition or nominations. It's just beyond the dream. It's something very, very special and unique. It's the highest recognition any filmmaker could dream of

  Michel Hazanavicius

  Dream, Country, Special

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• Today, getting people to hear your story on social media, and then act on it, requires using a platform’s native language, paying attention to context, understanding the nuances and subtle differences that make each platform unique, and adapting your content to match.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Media, Native Language, Differences

  Gary Vaynerchuk (2013). “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World”, p.22, Harper Collins

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• The Stones are a different kind of group. I realized that when I joined them. It's not really so much their musical ability, it's just they have a certain kind of style and attitude which is unique

  Mick Taylor

  Attitude, Musical Ability, Style

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• We cannot grasp the true meaning of the divine holiness by thinking of someone or something very pure and then raising the concept to the highest degree we are capable of. God's holiness is not simply the best we know infinitely bettered. We know nothing like the divine holiness. It stands apart, unique, unapproachable, incomprehensible and unattainable. The natural man is blind to it. He may fear God's power and admire His wisdom, but His holiness he cannot even imagine.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Men, Thinking, Degrees

  Aiden Wilson Tozer (1965). “The Knowledge of the Holy”, p.114, Fig

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