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• I can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.

  Jerry Cantrell

  Thoughtful, Guitar, Play

  "1996 Guitar World Interview: Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains Discusses Songwriting and Band's New Self-Titled Album". Interview with Jeff Gilbert and Andy Aledort, www.guitarworld.com. Nobember 15, 2011.

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• I love it if a man makes an effort to get to know my parents and sisters. Getting to know the people who matter to me goes a long way.

  Summer Glau

  Men, Long, People

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

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• You have to make the effort with children. You can't have them thinking that I reckon I'm special, otherwise they'll start thinking they're special. I want them to feel normal for as long as possible because God knows they'll reach an age when they'll be told they're not.

  Noel Gallagher

  Children, Thinking, Long

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• While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor.

  Raul Grijalva

  Mistake, Home, Iraq

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• All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted.

  Virchand Gandhi

  Names, Doctrine, Return

  "Christian Missions: A Triangular Debate, Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York". The Monist Magazine, Volume 5, 1895.

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• In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty.

  Claudio Hummes

  Rights, Personality, Support

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• I would say at times I am a 'Glamoholic.' But I am definitely more laid back than glamorous.I think it takes a lot of effort and sometimes I just want to be in jeans.

  Sarah Hyland

  Thinking, Jeans, Laid Back

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

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• What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable.

  Francois Hollande

  Country, Justice, Citizens

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• China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law.

  Hu Jintao

  Rights, Law, Democracy

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• In order to address world economic imbalances, countries around the world should make joint efforts to adjust their economic structure.

  Hu Jintao

  Country, Order, World

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• At the same time, we are keenly aware that China is still the largest developing country in the world and we need to make long and hard efforts if we are to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects and basically achieve modernization.

  Hu Jintao

  Country, Long, Needs

  The Wall Street Journal Interview, www.wsj.com. January 18, 2011.

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• Since the beginning of the 21st century, thanks to the concerted efforts of both sides, China-U.S. relationship has on the whole enjoyed steady growth. Since President Obama took office, we have maintained close contact through exchange of visits, meetings, telephone conversations and letters.

  Hu Jintao

  Office, Growth, President

  The Wall Street Journal Interview, www.wsj.com. January 18, 2011.

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• I am extremely proud of my service with the government and my efforts to help safeguard public health and protect our country against the scourge of offensive biological warfare.

  Steven Hatfill

  Country, Government, Warfare

  "Scientist under scrutiny denies anthrax link". www.cnn.com. August 11, 2002.

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• Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort on the part of a bunch of people trying to think alike.

  David Ives

  Thinking, Play, People

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• I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts.

  Jay Inslee

  Half, Hearted, Half Measures

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• I think that quite often you can only find a choice between bad and worse. But I think it's worth making the effort, and I like to expose my characters to that sort of situation.

  Robert Jordan

  Character, Thinking, Choices

  "Robert Jordan chats about his 'Wheel of Time' series". Live chat, edition.cnn.com. December 12, 2000.

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• I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started.

  Ferguson Jenkins

  Baseball, Player, Museums

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• When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture.

  Leila Josefowicz

  Gestures, Want, Music Is

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• The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia.

  Kelly Miller

  Russia, Victory, East

  Kelly Miller (1919). “Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights: An Intensely Human and Brilliant Account of the World War; why American Entered the Conflict; what the Allies Fought For; and a Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the Tragic Defeat of Germany ...”

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• Political dissension is doubtless a less evil than the lethargy of despotism: but still it is a great evil, and it would be as worthy the efforts of the patriot as of the philosopher, to exclude its influence if possible, from social life. The good are rare enough at best. There is no reason to subdivide them by artificial lines. But whether we shall ever be able so far to perfect the principles of society as that political opinions shall, in its intercourse, be as inoffensive as those of philosophy, mechanics, or any other, may well be doubted.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Philosophy, Political Opinions, Evil

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence”, p.137, Algora Publishing

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• Yes, this is hard. But there should be no question that the United States of America is stepping up to the plate. We recognize our role in creating this problem; we embrace our responsibility to combat it. We will do our part, and we will help developing nations do theirs. But we can only succeed in combating climate change if we are joined in this effort by every nation - developed and developing alike. Nobody gets a pass.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Creating, America

  "Obama urges climate action" by Elana Schor, www.politico.com. September 23, 2014.

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• If we want to cook food we need to leave the stove on continuously and not keep turning it on and off. If the heat is continuous, no matter whether it is high or low our food will eventually be cooked. Similarly, if we continuously apply effort, even if it is only a small effort, it is certain that we shall eventually experience the fruits of our practice.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Inspiring, Practice, Matter

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (1990). “Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment”, p.149, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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• If you are reading this, and feel discouraged by an inability to communicate to others your own feelings about the importance of an active space development effort, comfort yourself with this thought. If you want to be on the leading edge of anything, you have by definition to be a couple of standard deviations away from most people. That makes you an odd-ball. The trick is to learn to accept it, then to like it-and keep on making lots of noise for what you believe in.

  Charles Sheffield

  Couple, Reading, Believe

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• Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing.

  David Knopfler

  Writing, Space, Creative

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• I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.

  Frank B. Kellogg

  Humanity, Causes, Earnest

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