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• If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

  Charles Alexander Eastman

  Courage, Character, Self

  Charles Alexander Eastman, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (2007). “The Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa): Light on the Indian World”, p.23, World Wisdom, Inc

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• The four cornerstones of the American political psyche are 1) emotion substituted for thought, 2) fear, 3) ignorance and 4) propaganda

  Joe Bageant

  Ignorance, Political, Four

  Joe Bageant (2008). “Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War”, p.58, Broadway Books

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• "Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly success-and it has long been ignored. [. . .] As experts, authors and gurus often note, the game of business is to influence the external world. But here's the point: How can you control your environment if you can't even manage your own thoughts and emotions? In other words, how do you rule the world without first mastering yourself? The cornerstone of effective leadership is self-mastery.

  Patricia Aburdene

  Leadership, Self, Games

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• The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy. World wind generating capacity grew from 7,600 megawatts in 1997 to 9,600 in 1998, an expansion of 26 percent. At a national level, Germany led the way, adding 790 megawatts of capacity, followed by Spain with 380 megawatts, and the United States with 226 megawatts. In the past, U.S. wind generating capacity was concentrated in California, but in 1998, wind farms began generating electricity in Minnesota, Oregon, and Wyoming, broadening the new industry's geographical base.

  Lester R. Brown

  Past, Oregon, California

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• Iran should not be denied the human right to knowledge...the fear of America is Iran's attitude to Israel, and the cornerstone of America's foreign policy is the protection of Israel... If Iran believes in Allah, and if Iran believes in the power of Allah, Iran can't be frightened by America.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Attitude, Believe, America

  "Farrakhan Champions Iran's Nuclear Program". "Al Jazeera", archive.frontpagemag.com. March 23, 2007.

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• I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.

  Larry Wilcox

  Senior, Father, Integrity

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

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• Cleaniness is the cornerstone of discipline and the trademark of success

  Wes Fesler

  Discipline, Trademarks

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• Appearing to pay attention when someone is speaking is one of the cornerstones of real social interaction.

  Judith Martin

  Women, Real, Attention

  "Miss Manners: Don't post anything that might offend a future boss" by Judith Martin, www.washingtonpost.com. April 29, 2014.

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• Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought.

  John French Sloan

  Art, Color, Drawing

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• The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years. Getting rid of it was long overdue.

  Andy Borowitz

  Years, Two, Long

  "In Landmark Decision, Supreme Court Strikes Down Main Reason Country Was Started". Satire from The Borowitz Report, www.newyorker.com. May 05, 2014.

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• Loss avoidance must be the cornerstone of your investment philosophy.

  Seth Klarman

  Philosophy, Loss, Investment

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• The only thing workers have to bargain with is their skill or their labor. Denied the right to withhold it as a last resort, they become powerless. The strike is therefore not a breakdown of collective bargaining-it is the indispensable cornerstone of that process.

  Paul Clark

  Struggle, Skills, Unions

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• We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples due process and equal protection of the laws. Civil marriage is one of the cornerstones of our way of life. It allows individuals to celebrate and publicly declare their intentions to form lifelong partnerships, which provide unparalleled intimacy, companionship, emotional support and security.

  Henry Franklin Floyd

  Sex, Couple, Gay

  "Reviewing The 4 Gay Marriage Cases The High Court Tacitly Endorsed" by Eyder Peralta, www.npr.org. October 6, 2014.

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• The con is a kind of jiu-jitsu that turns the sucker's own greed into its principal weapon. The greedier you are the more likely you are to be conned, and for the greater a sum. Since people regularly dispose of their intelligence in their rush to be swindled, and then turn right around and do it again, humans must want to be duped. Institutionalized wishful thinking - the stock market, religion, advertising - is after all a cornerstone of our system.

  Luc Sante

  Thinking, People, Greed

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• The true church is not an organization controlled by the rules of men but a holy collection of living stones with Jesus Christ as the Cornerstone.

  Brother Yun

  Jesus, Men, Organization

  Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway (2009). “The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun”, p.42, Hendrickson Publishers

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• This law represents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means completed--a structure intended to lessen the force of possible future depressions, to act as a protection to future administrations of the Government against the necessity of going deeply into debt to furnish relief to the needy--a law to flatten out the peaks and valleys of deflation and of inflation--in other words, a law that will take care of human needs and at the same time provide for the United States an economic structure of vastly greater soundness.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Mean, Government, Law

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• The essential qualities of a true Pan Americanism must be the same as those which constitute a good neighbor; namely, mutual understanding, and through such understanding, a sympathetic appeciation of the other's point of view. It is only in this manner that we can hope to build up a system of which confidence, friendship, and good will are the cornerstones.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Views, Understanding, Quality

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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• Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior?  That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation?  Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth?  That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?

  John Quincy Adams

  Government, Independence, Progress

  Speech on Independence Day at Newburyport, MA, teachingamericanhistory.org. July 04, 1837.

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• Some people die before their time so that others can live. It's a cornerstone of civilization.

  John Malkovich

  Civilization, People, Dies

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• Imagination is the cornerstone of human endeavor.

  Alex Faickney Osborn

  Imagination, Endeavor, Humans

  Alex Faickney Osborn (1953). “Applied imagination: principles and procedures of creative thinking”

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• This case is not about whether marriages between same-sex couples are consistent or inconsistent with the teachings of a particular religion, whether such marriages are moral or immoral or whether they are something that should be encouraged or discouraged.... Quite simply, this case is about liberty and equality, the two cornerstones of the rights protected by the United States Constitution.

  Barbara Brandriff Crabb

  Sex, Couple, Teaching

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• I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington . . . I'm asking you to believe in yours." Keeping faith with those who serve must always be a core American value and a cornerstone of American patriotism. Because America's commitment to its servicemen and women begins at enlistment, and it must never end.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Believe, Commitment

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• Facts and data, rather than opinion, are the two cornerstones of problem solving, and yet they are consistently withheld from the people by American media. We must have facts and data in order to recognize where there is a problem!

  Roseanne Barr

  Media, Order, Data

  "This Is Woman’s Time!" by Roseanne Barr, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2011.

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