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We must lead in a different way, ... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction an...
LIONEL JOSPIN I'm here tonight, not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an optimistic American who unde...
CHARLIE CRIST You must set and identify the real time limit for its implementation
SUNDAY ADELAJA We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must ha...
ATIFETE JAHJAGA Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own exis...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within th...
GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must h...
MURRAY ROTHBARD Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents.
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY We must realize that the Reformation world view leads in the direction of government freedom. But th...
FRANCIS A. SCHAEFFER Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to m...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN We must not see any person as an abstraction. Instead, we must see in every person a universe with i...
ELIE WIESEL We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destini...
LES BROWN Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role...
MITT ROMNEY Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON We know, Mr. Weller -- we, who are men of the world -- that a good uniform must work its way with th...
CHARLES DICKENS Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must crea...
BERNIE SANDERS We must have Christian ethics for our children, good and strong, but we must make them attractive, t...
ENID BLYTON We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Ju...
THURGOOD MARSHALL We must travel in the direction of our fear.
JOHN BERRYMAN We have a right to life, not on it.
DANIEL MELGAçO We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
SAMUEL GOLDWYN The last four years under President Obama have been trying and troubling for this entire country. Th...
REINCE PRIEBUS We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquill...
ALEXANDER HAMILTON To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to th...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON No more will we have the left and the right, 50-50, with a frustrating tie ... Instead we will have ...
BEN CASPIT The thinking that we are has brought us to where we have already been.In order to go somewhere else,...
ALBERT EINSTEIN Coupled with our desire for the ideal, therefore, we must have an equally strong desire for the rema...
CHRISTIAN D. LARSON To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the wor...
ANTHONY ROBBINS To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the w...
ANTHONY ROBBINS To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the wor...
TONY ROBBINS How can we make sure that Confucianism is to be practiced? One must enforce it with power, and to ha...
ZHANG ZHIDONG We really want to see what the difference is between the way a permanent president deals with the di...
GRANT TEICHMAN We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And w...
STEVE FORBES We must see the precise, accurate implementation of agreements signed on the basis of reciprocity.
YASSER ARAFAT What we found was that maturational timing -- onset of first period -- was not an important factor f...
AVIVA MUST We know that children who are overweight have advanced bone development -- they grow faster in all w...
AVIVA MUST For the parents of a girl who is not overweight and who gets her first period early, it doesn't mean...
AVIVA MUST Given the epidemic of obesity in the population, it's important to know where best to intervene.
AVIVA MUST We must judge of a form of government by its general tendency, not by happy accidents.
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Why must we cling to those who walk away instead of granting freedom? We must give the same liberty ...
MARY E. DEMUTH Just like families must live within their budgets, the Federal Government must live within its means...
DENNIS HASTERT The high volume of passenger and luggage traffic means we must have flexibility in every direction i...
HUBERT FONTANEL Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Tai...
NICK LAMPSON If we would have civilization and the exertion indispensable to its success, we must have property; ...
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to
know its pleasures, we must go to t...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to th...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Energy can't be created or destroyed, and energy flows. It must be in a direction, with some kin...
KEANU REEVES Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
BALTASAR GRACIAN We must be silent before we can listen.We must listen before we can learn.We must learn before we ca...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone... and not just for a few.
NESTOR KIRCHNER Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinat...
DOROTHY DAY As we are poised for the expanded VAT implementation with strong safety nets, global confidence in t...
GLORIA ARROYO To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must...
JESSYE NORMAN We must be unanimous in our strong condemnation of such state sponsorship of terrorism and demand it...
FRANCES TOWNSEND We must lead by example of mercy and forgiveness, a trait every Muslim must have by very definition ...
EHSAN AHMED No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A gov...
BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS And we cannot keep our balance. Myth gives way to Reason. Revelation to Orthodoxy. We must dance or ...
TOM CHEETHAM We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrea...
LEO TOLSTOY A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to exc...
AGNES REPPLIER There have been too many people who have said we were dead. There were too many people who said we w...
RAY NAGIN Whatever the government of Pakistan has may have stated in its letter to Interpol must be a perversi...
FARHATULLAH BABAR We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and ...
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr ...
ROBERT SOUTH So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY A woman is a citizen who works for Mexico. We must not treat her differently from a man, except to h...
ADOLFO LOPEZ MATEOS After a government short on political substance and long on media activity, Italy shall move on agai...
ROMANO PRODI There has to be a lot of cooperation. We are in implementation, but a company had better have people...
BRAD MACK We must be silent before we can listen.
We must listen before we can learn.
We must learn be...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD We must first positively influence and lead ourselves before we can positively influence or lead oth...
VIKRANT PARSAI Domination is not even a word that's in anybody's vocabulary. This game with its twists and turns co...
MIKE SCIOSCIA Life demands movement, but we must not take any step at all! We must not take steps to any direction...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.
JOHANN VON GOETHE The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We have three main objectives we consider necessary for victory. We must create a tempo we can win w...
DON MADZIA When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into n...
ERNEST BECKER Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our ...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are movi...
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR. As long as God gives us breath, we must not give up. We must Keep trying.
LEBOGANG MARUMO We must not allow our president to be undermined by those who want his job,
TOM DELAY We must support those around the world who are taking risks to advance freedom, justice and democrac...
DICK CHENEY The federal government needs a strategic approach that includes strong leadership and the ability to...
MATT CARTWRIGHT I can tell you, Obamacare, I have been stunned by the pratfalls associated with its implementation. ...
MITT ROMNEY The current IPv4 infrastructure is stretched. The larger address space [in IPv6] offers advantages a...
JUDY ESTRIN We are cooperating with each other and with the government in order to disseminate true Islam. We mu...
DIN SYAMSUDDIN I think with new president Chris Pook of CART, he is very active and strong.
EMERSON FITTIPALDI It gives the students an opportunity to work with teachers in an entirely different way.
KATHLEEN MCCONNELL There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thou...
WILLIAM GODWIN The horrific cases in Ferguson, in Staten Island with the death of Eric Garner, and all across the c...
AL SHARPTON The point to remember is what government gives it must first take away
JOHN S. CALDWELL We were looking for someone with a strong business background who could lead this club as we enter a...
ROBIN SMITH The president - every president - works for us. We don't work for him. We sometimes lose track o...
PEGGY NOONAN We must instill moral conviction that the people are the government. We have a moral obligation to v...
DUKE BURGE The point of view is the biggest problem with games, because what we play must be clearly presented ...
DOUG TENNAPEL By doing what they must do to keep their margins strong and their stock price healthy, every company...
CLAYTON M. CHRISTENSEN We have a pretty tough schedule coming up. We have to stay strong mentally and must focus on getting...
TONY PARKER We in ODM are ready for dialogue with the Government over the review process, but if it insists to h...
WILLIAM RUTO We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts...
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LIONEL HAMPTON Today I am the happiest man in the world, my son was born and thanks to God for this gift.
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LIONEL SOSA Be proud of your Latino culture and do the best work you can do, and you will always succeed.
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LIONEL TRILLING I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn...
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LIONEL SHRIVER Isn't it funny how ignorance is the source of strength of so many?
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LIONEL RICHIE As a cub reporter, I devoured books about journalism.
LIONEL BARBER You have to show up in the World Cup, and in the World Cup anything can happen.
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LIONEL SUGGS I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change.
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LIONEL SHRIVER The existence of other people is essentially awkward.
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LIONEL SHRIVER I realize it's commonplace for parents to say to their child sternly, 'I love you, but I don't alway...
LIONEL SHRIVER The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our humanity.
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LIONEL SHRIVER Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life.
LIONEL SHRIVER In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainl...
LIONEL SHRIVER ...You can only subject people to anguish who have a conscience. You can only punish people who have...
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LIONEL KAUFFMAN Chicago was jazzy, man, jazzy - they had all the great jazz men.
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LIONEL BARRYMORE But indifference would ultimately commend itself as a devastating weapon.
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LIONEL SHRIVER People need to stop accepting the evidence of reality, and start questioning it.
LIONEL SUGGS Beware of what "everybody says".
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LIONEL SHRIVER Intellectuals that approach me, only serve to feeding my intellectualism. Imaginists that approach m...
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LIONEL SHRIVER Funny how the nature of a normal day is the first memory to fade.
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LIONEL RICHIE The secrets of the universe aren't really secrets. It's just that humanity is too subjugated by thei...
LIONEL SUGGS I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open s...
LIONEL BLUE Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was...
LIONEL BLUE I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford.
LIONEL BLUE To make a statement that one knows is false is more honest than to make a statement that one knows i...
LIONEL SUGGS When you value someone, it merely shows that you truly have no idea about the person that they aren'...
LIONEL SUGGS People lie to adapt...
LIONEL SUGGS I create lies for people in order for them to find something true about themselves. I teach people t...
LIONEL SUGGS Still, through a complex combination of optimism and longing and bravado, you would round it up. Whi...
LIONEL SHRIVER What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I...
LIONEL BLUE I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.
LIONEL BLUE The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarship but in how Jesus and the Christianity b...
LIONEL BLUE If your enemy has the power to see into the future, make sure you are the author of that future.
LIONEL SUGGS When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win.
LIONEL SUGGS To withdraw isn't a sign of weakness... It is a sign that a man knows the limits of his capabilities...
LIONEL SUGGS If you drop assumptions, and can anticipate the possibilities, you can master the art of strategy. H...
LIONEL SUGGS Strategy is methodical, but the one who steers chaos and randomness can steer God.
LIONEL SUGGS Learn how to think a few moves ahead at once. In life, if you can anticipate the human mind, you can...
LIONEL SUGGS Every step in life is merely part of a game. Every piece is necessary, but if you do not know how to...
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