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• To speak evil of any one, unless there is unequivocal proofs of their deserving it, is an injury for which there is no adequate reparation.

  George Washington

  Deserving It, Evil, Gossip

  George Washington (1860). “Recollections and private memoirs of Washington by his adopted son George Washington with a memoir of the author by his daughter; and illustrative and explanatory notes by Benson J. Loosing: With illustrations”, p.76

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• Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Happiness, Eye, Romantic Love

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• Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To some she gives honor without deserving; To other some, deserving without honor; Some wit, some wealth,--and some, wit without wealth; Some wealth without wit; some nor wit nor wealth.

  George Chapman

  Giving, Honor, Way

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• For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable.

  Gloria Steinem

  Food, Deserving It, Feminist

  Gloria Steinem (2017). “Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism: Collected Essays: Moving Beyond Words; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; and Revolution from Within”, p.855, Open Road Media

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• In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspaper should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.

  Hugo Black

  New York, Father, Views

  "Supreme Court, 6-3, Upholds Newspapers on Publication of Pentagon Report". archive.nytimes.com. July 1, 1971.

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• Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.

  Gene Roddenberry

  Life, Wisdom, Stars

  "Socialism in One Galaxy?" by Nicole Colson, socialistworker.org. September 15, 2016.

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• Or did you say it's the love of money that's the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know its nature. To love money is to known and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the effort of the best among men. It's the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money - and he has good reason to hate it. The lovers of money are willing to work for it. They know they are able to deserve it.

  Ayn Rand

  Love, Money, Work

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.73, Penguin

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• Change is in the air, as old patterns fall away and new energies are emerging. Consciously release what needs to be released, and welcome with a full embrace the newness you've prayed for and so richly deserve.

  Marianne Williamson

  Change, Prayer, Fall

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Sep 03, 2011

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• Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it.

  Rick Bragg

  Inspirational, Life, Shells

  Rick Bragg (2010). “All Over but the Shoutin'”, p.21, Vintage

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• Use whatever excuse you can to vibrate in harmony with those things you've been saying you want. And when you do, those things that are a vibrational equivalent flow into your experience in abundance. Not because you deserve it, not because you've earned it, but because it's the natural consequence of the Law of Attraction. That which is like unto itself is drawn.

  Esther Hicks

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Nature

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• How do you deserve a fortune? Render fortunes of service.

  Jim Rohn

  Fortune, Rendering, Deserve

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 08, 2017

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• You sign an agreement; you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You got a right to say yay or nay.

  Don King

  Business, Agreement, Deserve You

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• Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as an exercise in giving. A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation-to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Letting Go, Spiritual, Acceptance

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2016). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation for everyday life”, p.54, Hachette UK

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• What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.

  Ida B. Wells

  Party, Lynching, Punishment

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• Literature that keeps employing new linguistic and formal modes of expression to draft a panorama of society as a whole while at the same time exposing it, tearing the masks from its face - for me that would be deserving of an award.

  Elfriede Jelinek

  Awards, Deserving It, Expression

  Interview with Marika Griehsel, www.nobelprize.org. November, 2004.

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• Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!

  Tom Cruise

  Inspirational, Life, Hope

  FaceBook post by Tom Cruise from Jun 14, 2011

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• Why not you? Why not you to do something for work that you love? Why not you to have a healthy body? Why not you to have healthy love? Why not you to be, have or do anything you have ever dreamed? We are so quick to think others are deserving over ourselves. The truth is that we are all deserving.
  So why not YOU?

  Jillian Michaels

  Thinking, Healthy, Why Not

  FaceBook post by Jillian Michaels from Feb 22, 2011

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• Some of the things you believe were never true. They were someone else's fears. Give yourself a chance to examine your thoughts. Change those that are negative. You are deserving.

  Louise Hay

  Believe, Giving, Negative

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Apr 22, 2016

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• The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.

  John Stuart Mill

  Power, Names, Government

  John Stuart Mill (2012). “On Liberty”, p.55, Courier Corporation

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• Few needs are more pressing, or more deserving of our attention, than taking care of the men and women of the U.S. armed forces.

  Bill Richardson

  Men, Needs, Attention

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• The general feeling is, if you don't treat everyone the same you're showing partiality. To me, that's when you show the most partiality, when you treat everyone the same. You must give each individual the treatment that you feel he earns and deserves, recognizing at all times that you're imperfect and you're going to be incorrect oftentimes in your judgment.

  John Wooden

  Giving, Feelings, Coaching

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• Nobody knows what you want except you. And nobody will be as sorry as you if you don't get it. Wanting some other way to live is proof enough of deserving it. Having it is hard work, but not having it is sheer hell.

  Lillian Hellman

  Sorry, Hard Work, Deserving It

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• Living with integrity means...not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships; asking for what you want and need from others; speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension; behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values; making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Inspirational, Relationship, Integrity

  FaceBook post by Dr. Barbara De Angelis from Dec 12, 2016

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• people who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly show that wealth, however it may be acquired, is, in their esteem, to be preferred to virtue.

  John Hancock

  Respect, Honesty, Men

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