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• I never approved either the errors of his book, or the trivial truths he so vigorously laid down. I have, however, stoutly taken his side when absurd men have condemned him for these same truths.

  Voltaire

  Taken, Book, Men

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• As the magistrate has no power to impose by his laws the use of any rites and ceremonies in any church, so neither has he any power to forbid the use of such rites and ceremonies as are already received, approved, and practised by any church; because if he did so, he would destroy the church itself; the end of whose institution is only to worship God with freedom, after its own manner.

  John Locke

  Law, Atheism, Church

  John Locke (2012). “A Letter Concerning Toleration: Latin and English Texts Revised and Edited with Variants and an Introduction”, p.65, Springer Science & Business Media

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• Whether they be old or young, rich or poor, high or low, wise or foolish, ignorant or learned, every individual is seen to be strongly actuated by a desire to be seen, heard, talked of, approved and respected... a passion for distinction.

  John Adams

  Happiness, Success, Wise

  John Adams, George A. Peek, Jr. (2003). “The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections”, p.176, Hackett Publishing

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• A picture book is a motorcycle: small, loud, fun, and zippy.
  An easy reader is a chartered bus: obliged to carry a rather dull passenger roster of sanctioned curriculum, plus the baggage of an approved, limited vocabulary. The trick is to design your chartered bus to be as cool and sexy as a motorcycle.

  Mo Willems

  Sexy, Fun, Book

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• Know what your sin is and confess it; but do not imagine that you have approved yourself a penitent by confessing sin in the abstract.

  Theodore L. Cuyler

  Sin, Imagine, Abstract

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 449), 1895.

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• Approval of what is approved of
  Is as false as a well-kept vow.

  John Betjeman

  Approval, Belief, Vow

  John Betjeman (1967). “Collected Poems”

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• I was always in places where I was widely accepted, approved and loved and I was finally in a place where people did not approve of me, did not accept me and did not love me. It was killing me.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  People, Killing, Accepted

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• You wouldn't want to live a life in which you are loved or approved by all people on Earth or even within your own geodetic dome full of your jumpsuited followers.

  John Hodgman

  People, Followers, Earth

  "Bewildered Maine resident John Hodgman takes another crack at our 11 Questions". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. September 3, 2015.

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• Decency requires that when a programme is approved by the majority, all should carry it out faithfully.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Faith, Majority, Should

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

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• This week, Georgia's board of education approved a plan that allows teachers to keep using the word Evolution when teaching biology. Though, as a compromise, dinosaurs are now called Jesus Horses.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Teacher, Horse, Jesus

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• We need total health more than medically approved health. Our wellness should not be limited to our doctor's experience, but enhanced by our own experience.

  Andrew Saul

  Doctors, Needs, Wellness

  Andrew Saul, Ph.D. (2009). “Doctor Yourself: Natural Healing That Works: Easyread Edition”, p.26, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• In honor of Al Gore, green tea, not Tea Party, but Al Gore green tea. And by the way, it's tree hugger-approved.

  Eric Bolling

  Party, Tree, Tea

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• What is necessary is not EHV, but 3-HV: (Head-Heart-and Hands). The hands should carry out what the heart and approved of the ideas emanated from the head.

  Sai Baba

  Educational, Heart, Hands

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• What I state as certain is certain for me. It has approved itself as such in my experience. Let others consult their experience, and see how far it tallies with that which is here set forth.

  Felix Adler

  States, Certain

  "An Ethical Philosopy of Life". Book by Felix Adler, 1918.

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• Sometimes we get too caught up in wanting to do that one movie that will get seen and approved and nominated, that we lose sight that there are so many other movies that are worth your time.

  Zoe Saldana

  Sight, Sometimes, Worth Your Time

  "'Star Trek Beyond' stars on 'uncomfortable conversations,' Sulu's sexual orientation and the future". Interview with Marc Bernardin, www.latimes.com. July 21, 2016.

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• I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love.

  Wendell Berry

  Life, Believe, Redemption

  Wendell Berry (2003). “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry”, p.146, Counterpoint

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• I have nothing to prove, because I am already approved.

  Steven Furtick

  Prove

  Steven Furtick (2014). “Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above All Others”, p.43, Multnomah

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• By dancing in a socially approved way with their peers, individiuals proclaim their allegiance to society as a whole.

  Gerald Jonas

  Dance, Dancing, Peers

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• God’s love sets us free from the need to seek approval. Knowing that we are loved by God, accepted by God, approved by God, and that we are new creations in Christ empowers us to reject self-rejection and embrace a healthy self-love. Being secure in God’s love for us, our love for Him, and our love for ourselves, prepares us to fulfill the second greatest commandment: To love our neighbor as ourselves.

  Myles Munroe

  Love Is, Self, Knowing

  Myles Munroe (2005). “The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage”, p.153, Destiny Image Publishers

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• Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it's clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused.

  Louis Caldera

  New York, Responsibility, Confusion

  "White House apologizes for low-flying plane" by Mythili Rao, www.cnn.com. April 28, 2009.

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• I think it perfectly just, that he who, from the love of experiment, quits an approved for an uncertain practice, should suffer the full penalty of Egyptian law against medical innovation; as I would consign to the pillory, the wretch, who out of regard to his character, that is, to his fees, should follow the routine, when, from constant experience he is sure that his patient will die under it, provided any, not inhuman, deviation would give his patient a chance.

  Thomas Beddoes

  Death, Character, Science

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• Without chemical slaughterhouses, without a systematic mass murder, the tragedy of the Jews is just one out of the numerous tragedies that befell the nations of Europe during the Second World War. The Jewish people thus loses its martyr status, and the State of Israel, whose establishing was approved by the world under the impression of an alleged 'unparalleled genocide,' would lose its legitimacy.

  Jurgen Graf

  War, Israel, Europe

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• I should have known something was wrong with my first wife. When I brought her home to meet my parents, they approved of her.

  Woody Allen

  Home, Divorce, Should Have

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• Condelleza Rice and Colin Powell are both dangerous people. What they did in Haiti [2004 U.S.-backed coup that ousted democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide] is a good measure of it. They destroyed a democracy. They squelched loans that had been approved by the Inter-American Development Bank. They did everything behind the scenes, including arming the thugs that came to overrun the country. They're frauds.

  Randall Robinson

  Country, Thug, People

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• I'm going to marry him. And if he thinks he can get divorced and married every two or three years in the approved Hollywood fashion, well, he never made a bigger mistake in his life. He's going to marry and stick to me.

  Agatha Christie

  Fashion, Mistake, Divorce

  Agatha Christie (1984). “Five complete Hercule Poirot novels”, Random House Value Pub

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