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• Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world.

  Enrique Iglesias

  Numbers, World, Language

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• Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Hope, Liars, Lying

  Speech, 1892.

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• It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal character, for concepts alone are capable of being socialized.

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Character, Yield, Levels

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• The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.

  William James

  God, Science, Law

  The Varieties of Religious Experience Lecture 20 (1902)

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• Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

  Wyclef Jean

  Love, Peace, Bob

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• I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.

  Jay-Z

  Artist, Opportunity, Careers

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• The Tweets that I have written that are most popular are the ones that are the kind of universal girly concerns and observations.

  Mindy Kaling

  Girly, Kind, Tweet

  "Interview: Mindy Kaling Talks Sex In Sweet Valley (And Other Concerns)". Interview with Sara Benincasa, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2011.

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• Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

  Immanuel Kant

  Life, Integrity, Law

  "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals". Book by Immanuel Kant, 1785.

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• Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal.

  Leon Kass

  Country, Effort, Cloning

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• When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Children, Nice, Facts

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• Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wisdom, Pain, Divorce

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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• What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to limit access to contraception and legal abortion, they are relegating women to another century, a time when men ruled exclusively and women were considered property and had to be guided by a firm masculine hand.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Men, Equal Pay, Hands

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• I have a lot of influences. I'm American-schooled. I'm classically trained. I'm a pretty universal student, if you will. I have a lot of degrees, which really don't pay the rent. I have two doctorate degrees, I have a bachelor's degree, but I'm still a cook.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Two, Degrees, Pay

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  Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

  Dalai Lama

  Peace, Nature, Inspiration

  Dalai Lama XIV (1995). “My Tibet”, p.77, Univ of California Press

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• This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.

  William Law

  Christian, Religious, Mean

  William Law, P. G. Stanwood (1978). “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love”, p.145, Paulist Press

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• Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.

  Jack Layton

  Moving Forward, Justice, Proud

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• Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Technology, Space, Needs

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• Music is the universal language of mankind.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Music, Appreciation, Teacher

  1835 OutreMer. Also attributed to Christopher North (1865-1954).

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• The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Dream, Becoming Who You Are, Ugly Duckling

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• It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.

  James Madison

  Freedom, Real, War

  James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.49, University of Virginia Press

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• Concentration of the mind is in a way common to both Knowledge and Yoga. Yoga aims at union of the individual with the universal, the Reality. This Reality cannot be new. It must exist even now, and it does exist.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Yoga, Reality, Mind

  Ramana Maharshi (2014). “Essence of Instruction (Upadesa Saram): The Pine Forest Revisited”, p.26, BoD – Books on Demand

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• The currency of universal values make brands innately sharable.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Currency, Brands, Values

  Twitter post from Jan 05, 2016

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• Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.

  Nelson Mandela

  Powerful, Mean, Responsibility

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Song, Pain, Struggle

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• Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

  Kevin McCloud

  House, Needs, Building

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