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• I acknowledge that history is full of religious wars: but we must distinguish; it is not the multiplicity of religions which has produced these wars; it was the intolerating spirit which animated that one which thought she had the power of governing.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Religious, War, Spirit

  "Persian Letters" by Baron de Montesquieu, No. 65, 1721.

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• There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

  Marilyn Manson

  Needs, Reason, Ifs

  "Marilyn Manson on his new album 'Born Villain'" by Abbey Goodman, www.cnn.com. May 1, 2012.

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• I did want to acknowledge and confirm the fact that my son does, indeed, have an autism diagnosis.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Son, Autism, Want

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• I take much of the attacks and the criticism toward me as being very class-based, but as Americans we don't like to acknowledge that reality.

  Michael Moore

  Reality, Class, Criticism

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• It’s said that All Hallows’ Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin - and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Halloween, Believe, Autumn

  "Magic Moments in Life" by Erin Morgenstern, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• I definitely acknowledge that The Matrix and Trinity had an influence on female action-oriented characters in television and in film. I think it's awesome.

  Carrie-Anne Moss

  Character, Thinking, Female

  Interview with Steven Horn, www.ign.com. May 12, 2003.

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• Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Men, Differences, Important

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• The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.

  Henri Nouwen

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Discipline

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.85, Image

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• I have met many entrepreneurs who have the passion and even the work ethic to succeed - but who are so obsessed with an idea that they don't see its obvious flaws. Think about that. If you can't even acknowledge your failures, how can you cut the rope and move on?

  Kevin O'Leary

  Moving, Passion, Cutting

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• 'Good Morning America' exploited Joan Lunden's pregnancy, but you won't see me bringing my babies on the air. The only reason I'm talking about the babies at all is that they've been with me on the show since I became pregnant. After a while, I had to acknowledge this pumpkin tummy.

  Jane Pauley

  Baby, Morning, Pregnancy

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• There's guilt about our treatment of native peoples in modern intellectual life, and an unwillingness to acknowledge there could be anything good about Western culture.

  Steven Pinker

  Intellectual, Guilt, Western Culture

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• Do we recognize the platform that Indian cinema has been given? Of course. And typically India of us, we gracefully acknowledge our host's grace and we thank you for celebrating us and our cinema.

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

  Grace, India, Cinema

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• The founding document of the United States of America acknowledges the Lordship of Jesus Christ because we are a Christian nation.

  Pat Robertson

  Christian, Jesus, America

  Pat Robertson (1994). “The Collected Works of Pat Robertson: The New Millennium/the New World Order/the Secret Kingdom/3 Books in 1”, Bristol Park Books

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• Doing nothing means unplugging from the compulsion to always keep ourselves busy, the habit of shielding ourselves from certain feelings, the tension of trying to manipulate our experience before we even fully acknowledge what that experience is.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Mean, Feelings, Trying

  "How Doing Nothing Can Help You Truly Live" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 24, 2010.

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• The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.

  Simon Sinek

  Eye, Leader, Coward

  "Failure Is An Option: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• Oh my God, I'm not anorexic. I acknowledge that I look thin in photos. I get it.

  Tori Spelling

  Looks, Anorexics

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• The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your master: I take the responsibility of my acts: The only arbiter I acknowledge is the sword: If any one denies my right, let him try conclusions with me.

  Lysander Spooner

  Responsibility, Men, Law

  Lysander Spooner (1971). “The collected works of Lysander Spooner”

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• I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament.

  Tom Stoppard

  Thinking, Conservative, Kind

  "Tom Stoppard: 'I'm the crank in the bus queue'". Interview with Mark Lawson, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2010.

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• Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Cutting, Thinking, Mind

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.83, New World Library

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• A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Education, Truth

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.485, Courier Corporation

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• The auto industry must acknowledge that a rational transportation policy should seek a balance between individual convenience, the efficient use of limited resources, and urban-living values that protect spaciousness, natural beauty, and human-scale mobility.

  Stewart Udall

  Balance, Limited Resources, Use

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• Let us have the candor to acknowledge that what we call "the economy" or "the free market" is less and less distinguishable from warfare.

  Wendell Berry

  Warfare, Economy, Candor

  "The Failure of War" by Wendell Berry, www.yesmagazine.org. November 5, 2001.

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• The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers.

  Angela Carter

  Running, Lying, Lambs

  Angela Carter (1997). “Burning your boats: the collected short stories”, Penguin Group USA

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• They shall not be expected to acknowledge us until we have acknowledged ourselves.

  John Adams

  Expected

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