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• One thing leads to another? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict.

  George Carlin

  Stupid, People, Sometimes

  George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

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• The Golden Gate Bridge should have a long bungee cord for people who aren't quite ready to commit suicide but want to get in a little practice.

  George Carlin

  Suicide, Stupid, Practice

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Real, Years, Important

  Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

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• When I see brokenness, poverty and crime in inner cities, I also see the enormous potential and readiness for transformation and rebirth. We are creating an art form that comes from the heart and reflects the pain and sorrow of people's lives. It also expresses joy, beauty, and love. This process lays the foundation of building a genuine community in which people are reconnected with their families, sustained by meaningful work, nurtured by the care of each other and will together raise and educate their children. Then we witness social change in action.

  Lily Yeh

  Family, Meaningful, Art

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• Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.

  Bob Cousy

  Success, Sports, Athlete

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• If we are going to solve the challenges we face, you need a President who will pursue genuine solutions day in and day out. And that is my commitment to you. We need immigration reform that will secure our borders, and punish employers who exploit immigrant labor; reform that finally brings the 12 million people who are here illegally out of the shadows by requiring them to take steps to become legal citizens. We must assert our values and reconcile our principles as a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws. That is a priority I will pursue from my very first day.

  Barack Obama

  Commitment, Law, People

  Barack Obama's Remarks to NALEO, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 28, 2008.

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• According to the Bible, a genuine answer to prayer is getting what you ask for.

  John R. Rice

  Prayer, Answers, Asks

  John R. Rice (2000). “Prayer: Asking and Receiving”, p.38, Sword of the Lord Publishers

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• Religion is not an imitation of Jesus or Mohammed. Even if an imitation is good, it is never genuine. Be not an imitation of Jesus, but be Jesus, You are quite as great as Jesus, Buddha, or anybody else. If we are not ... we must struggle and be. I would not be exactly like Jesus. It is unnecessary that I should be born a Jew.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Jesus, Struggle, Unnecessary

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.438, Manonmani Publishers

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• When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Couple, Justice, Diversity

  "The Second Sex". Book by Simone de Beauvoir, 1949.

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• In Hong Kong, Dallas, or at home —and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed — breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chilies , a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Coffee, Eggs, Two

  "Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson".

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• The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things-the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit.

  Samuel Johnson

  Graduation, Education, Teaching

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• I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely ever met a person more fearless and courageous than my father ... The thing that I admire most about my dad is his genuine Christian character. He is a man of real integrity, deeply committed to moral and ethical principles. He is conscientious in all of his undertakings ... If I had a problem I could always call Daddy.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Christian, Fathers Day, Strong

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• Throw in something extra. Whether it's a coupon for a future discount, additional information on how to use the product, or a genuine smile, people love to get more than they thought they were getting. And don't think that a gesture has to be large to be effective.

  Susan Ward

  Educational, Thinking, People

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• Insight into soul-action, ability to discriminate the genuine from the sham and capacity to further one and discourage the other.

  John Dewey

  Educational, Soul, Action

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Darnell Rucker (2008). “The Middle Works, 1899-1924: 1903-1906”, p.254, SIU Press

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• In the face of the economic plight, it is our task to become pioneers of simplicity, that is, to find a simple form for all of life's necessities, which is at the same time respectable and genuine.

  Oskar Schlemmer

  Badass, Inspiration, Simple

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• Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

  Rufus Choate

  Reading, Passionate, Youth

  Rufus Choate's speech at the dedication of the Peabody Institute, September 29, 1854.

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• It may be doubted whether any repentance is genuine which is not repentance for sin rather than sins

  Augustus Hopkins Strong

  May, Sin, Repentance

  Augustus Hopkins Strong (2014). “Systematic Theology : Volume II (Illustrated)”, p.323, Lulu Press, Inc

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• A code of ethics cannot be developed overnight by edict or official pronouncement. It is developed by years of practice and performance of duty according to high ethical standards. It must be self-policing. Without such a code, a professional soldier or a group soon loses identity and effectiveness. Once we know our job, have a genuine code of ethics, and maintain unquestioned personal integrity, we have met the first and most demanding challenge of leadership.

  Silas L. Copeland

  Jobs, Integrity, Army

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• It is important to me that everybody who has been hurt know that the sorrow I feel is genuine. First and most important, my family, my friends, my staff, my cabinet, Monica Lewinsky and her family and the American people. I have asked all for their forgiveness.

  William J. Clinton

  Hurt, Apology, People

  "President: 'I have repented'" by John King, www.cnn.com. September 11, 1998.

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• One of the characteristics of love relationships that flower is a relatively high degree of mutual self-disclosure - a willingness to let our partner enter into the interior of our private world and a genuine interest in the private world of that partner. Couples in love tend to show more of themselves to each other than to any other person.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Couple, Flower, Love You

  Nathaniel Branden (2008). “The Psychology of Romantic Love: Romantic Love in an Anti-Romantic Age”, p.134, Penguin

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• Genuine love will always feel urged to communicate joy - to be a joy-giver. Mankind needs joy.

  Lawrence G. Lovasik

  Love You, Genuine Love, Joy

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• "What is your best, your very best, ale a glass?" "Two pence halfpenny," says the landlord, "is the price of the Genuine Stunning Ale." "Then," says I, producing the money, "just draw me a glass of the Genuine Stunning, if you please, with a good head on it."

  Charles Dickens

  Beer, Glasses, Two

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• I have received delegations of working men who, apparently speaking with the utmost sincerity, have declared that they would regard it as a genuine hardship if they were deprived of their beer, for example.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Beer, Men, Hardship

  "The papers of Woodrow Wilson".

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• I don't think anyone should apologize for being sexy if it comes from a genuine place, if they're not being forced into an objectifying situation.

  Olivia Wilde

  Sexy, Bad Ass, Thinking

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• I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, un-available to us without such drugs.

  Lester Grinspoon

  Weed, Educational, Marijuana

  Lester Grinspoon (1971). “Marihuana reconsidered”

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