Deserve Quotes - Page 27

• Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?

  Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

  Laughter, Men, Creatures

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• Those who are offended by something are most often those who deserve to be offended by it.

  Derek R. Audette

  Life, Offended

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• Never be silent! Make your opinions known, and do not fear retribution for speaking your mind! The only ones who will aggressively try to silence you are the ones who do not respect the liberties and rights of the individual. Those people deserve our contempt, and when you draw them out of the shadows by exercising your civil right to freedom of speech, they will expose themselves for what they truly are.

  Derek R. Audette

  Exercise, Rights, People

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• Our forests are not for toilet paper. They are worth more standing than cut. That deserves to be defended, not only by native peoples but also by environmentalists.

  Winona LaDuke

  Cutting, Paper, Toilets

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• The value of the things is not in themselves autonomously, but that God made them, and thus they deserve to be treated with high respect. The tree in the field is to be treated with respect. It is not to be romanticized as the old lady romanticizes her cat (that is, she reads human reactions into it). This is wrong because it is not true. When you drive the axe into the tree when you need firewood, you are not cutting down a person; you are cutting down a tree. But while we should not romanticize the tree, we must realize God made it and it deserves respect because He made is as a tree.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Cat, Cutting, Tree

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• I remember when I first came to America and I saw posters for TV shows and I was like, "What?! Why does a television show deserve space on a billboard?"

  Jamie Bell

  America, Space, Tv Shows

  "Jamie Bell Talks Turn, Coming to Television, Physical Challenges, Researching the Historical Setting, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 18, 2014.

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• I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years of playing a macho leading man, so when I was offered it, I said: "Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?" After much convincing, over a year and two months, I was convinced they wanted to make a great movie.

  John Travolta

  Men, Thinking, Past

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people.

  John F. Kennedy

  Jobs, Work, Government

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.264, Best Books on

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• Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.

  Horace

  Men, Remember, Ridicule

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• The Earth we share is not just a rock tossed through space, but a living, nurturing being. She cares for us, she deserves our care in return.

  Michael Jackson

  Rocks, Space, Earth

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• Console yourself by remembering that the world doesn't deserve your affection.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  World, Affection, Remember

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• For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Girl, Men, Brave

  "Hermann and Dorothea". Poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, III. 19, October 1797.

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• Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man who really cannot count up to three, and who besides, precisely because of his mental incompetence, would not deserve such a punishment as Christianity promises him.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Christian, Believe, Men

  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1984). “Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits”, p.86, U of Nebraska Press

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• Grace is God's love in action for those who don't deserve it.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Love, Grace, Action

  Robert H. Schuller (1991). “Inspirational Writings of Robert H. Schuller”, Bristol Park Books

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• Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

  William Hazlitt

  Needs, Monument

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.139

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• Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone, That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.

  William Cowper

  Heart, Sight, Play

  William Cowper (1790). “Poems: by William Cowper, ... In two volumes. ...”, p.237

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• Every man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Men, Trouble, Fame

  "A Celebridade". 1915.

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• Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Power, Justify

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• Love is the source of every virtue in you and of every deed which deserves punishment.

  Dante Alighieri

  Love, Punishment, Deeds

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• Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.

  Catullus

  Gratitude, Giving Up, Grateful

  'Carmina' no. 73

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• All false practices and affections of knowledge are more odious to God, and deserve to be so to men, than any want or defect of knowledge can be.

  Thomas Sprat

  Men, Practice, Deceit

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• It is tempting at one level to believe that bad things happen to people (especially other people) because God is a righteous judge who gives them exactly what they deserve. By believing that we keep the world orderly and understandable.... But [this belief] has a number of serious limitations.... It teaches people to blame themselves. It creates guilt when there is no basis for guilt. And most disturbing of all, it does not even fit the facts.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Believe, Responsibility, Numbers

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• I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are engaged in fighting him, you cannot help getting a liking for him whether he deserves it or not.

  Arthur Balfour

  Fighting, Men, Opposites

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• I argue that we deserve the choice to do whatever we want with our faces and bodies without being punished by an ideology that is using attitudes, economic pressure, and even legal judgments regarding women's appearance to undermine us psychologically and politically.

  Naomi Wolf

  Attitude, Choices, Body

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• Today, only two groups in the United States have total immunity from lawsuits: foreign diplomats and HMOs. We believe it's time to end diplomatic immunity for HMOs. Holding them accountable is the only way to guarantee that you get the health care your family deserves.

  Tom Harkin

  Believe, Guarantees That, Two

  "Democrats, GOP push for patients' rights legislation", www.cnn.com. June 23, 2001.

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