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• Defendants have not explained how allowing same-sex marriage between two consenting adults will at all prevent heterosexual spouses from caring for their biological children.

  Kristine G. Baker

  Sex, Children, Caring

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• I think Islam has been hijacked by the idea that all Muslims are terrorists; that Islam is about hate, about war, about jihad - I think that hijacks the spirituality and beauty that exists within Islam. I believe in allowing Islam to be seen in context and in its entirety and being judged on what it really is, not what you think it is.

  Aasif Mandvi

  War, Hate, Believe

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

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• It is time, I suggest, to stop the practice of allowing Muslims to serve in the U.S. military. The reason is simple: the more devout a Muslim is, the more of a threat he is to national security.

  Bryan Fischer

  Military, Simple, Practice

  "Conservative Group: Time To Purge Muslims From Military" by Sam Stein, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I understand, probably more than anyone, what a threat Iraq was and the people that threatened Iraq was. I was beneath the towers on September 11th when they fell. And I -- again, I just -- I want to thank the President for the honor in allowing me to go there, because I lost 23 people. I wear this memorial band for the 23 I lost.

  Bernard Kerik

  Iraq, People, Memorial

  "Cnn Live Event/Special" with Soledad O'brien, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2003.

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• To love is a brave thing. To be loved, braver still. But allowing yourself to love yourself? That takes the most courage of all.

  Debby Ryan

  Love You, Love Is, Brave

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• I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse me. My abilities have not been outstanding, but I have had sufficient strength and determination to meet my challenges and have usually managed to succeed with them.

  Edmund Hillary

  Determination, Challenges, Succeed

  Edmund Hillary (1999). “View from the Summit”, Corgi Books

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• For good-intentioned people making decisions, there's no such thing as a bad choice. So it doesn't matter what you choose. Choose something, then deliberately line up with the choice you make. This is the art of alignment and allowing.

  Esther Hicks

  Art, People, Decision

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• A lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to have an ego in a way that the stomach doesn't have an ego when it's wanting to throw up. It just does it

  Matthew Barney

  Character, Ego, Doe

  The ART21 Interview, art21.org. September, 2003.

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• It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality. The first step therefore is to make the black man come to himself; to pump back life into his empty shell; to infuse him with pride and dignity, to remind him of his complicity in the crime of allowing himself to be misused and therefore letting evil reign supreme in the country of his birth.

  Steven Biko

  Country, Pride, Men

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• The tiny, initial clue ... by allowing us to imagine what we do not know, stimulates a desire for knowledge.

  Marcel Proust

  Knowledge, Desire, Tiny

  Marcel Proust (2006). “Remembrance of Things Past”, p.236, Wordsworth Editions

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• I have said all along that I would know when it would be time to step down and now is that time. I want to thank Temple University, its fans and community for allowing me to do what I love for so long. It has never been a job for me, but a passion.

  John Chaney

  Jobs, Passion, Long

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• In moments of uncertainty, when you must chose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure or the dimly lit light of possibility, immerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.

  Adam Braun

  Two, Light, Path

  Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.

  John W. Snow

  Investment, Results, Direct

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• Have you heard of this new thing called the internet? It's giving people new expectations. It's allowing them to become their own expert. Knowledge lies anxious at their fingertips. Gloss over the truth in your advertising and you'll quickly be dismissed as a poser.

  Roy H. Williams

  Truth, Lying, People

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• A portal is a transitionary device of sight or sound that functions as a sort of third gravitating body between the this and the that, pulling us toward itself, allowing us to bridge into the unknown from the known.

  Roy H. Williams

  Sight, Bridges, Sound

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• Peace is not something you can force on anything or anyone... much less upon one's own mind. It is like trying to quiet the ocean by pressing upon the waves. Sanity lies in somehow opening to the chaos, allowing anxiety, moving deeply into the tumult, diving into the waves, where underneath, within, peace simply is.

  Gerald May

  Peace, Lying, Ocean

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• I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.

  Jon Lee Anderson

  Thinking, House, Foundation

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• After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings.

  Harry Seidler

  War, Technology, Earthquakes

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• Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.

  Raquel Cepeda

  Space, People, Identity

  Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.

  Zola Jesus

  Song, Writing, People

  "Zola Jesus Is A Romantic". Interview with Leila Brillson, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 21, 2011.

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• Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Being Positive, Religion

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• A lot of people are afraid to face themselves, especially when something goes wrong. But that's important, because if something happens within a relationship, it could be how you're allowing someone else to treat you.

  Christina Aguilera

  People, Important, Faces

  "Christina Aguilera Talks Scents, Body Image, and the Holidays". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. December 20, 2012.

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• Bite us once, shame on the dog; bite us repeatedly, shame on us for allowing it.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Dog, Shame, Bites

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• Americans believe in the value of immigration. We are the most generous nation on earth to immigrants, allowing over one million people a year to come here legally.

  Marco Rubio

  Believe, Years, People

  "Here's the truth about my plan for immigration reform" by Marco Rubio, www.foxnews.com. April 23, 2013.

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• I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture.

  Holly Near

  Perspective, Culture, Dominant

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