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• Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.

  Steven Morrissey

  Country, People, Identity

  "Morrissey accepts 'racism' apology" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2008.

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• Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

  Walter Murch

  Art, Persistence, Simple

  Interview with Michael Wohl, www.peachpit.com. November 1, 2001.

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• One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Military, War, Iraq

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• The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

  Ernest Newman

  Voice, Intelligence, Intellect

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• I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.

  Huey Newton

  Mean, Community, Patriotism

  Huey P. Newton (2009). “Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.158, Penguin

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• The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Education, Children, Growing Up

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.63, Penguin

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• The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Light, Community, Priorities

  Nixon, Richard M. (1975). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973”, p.76, Best Books on

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• I run a taxpayer group - the most powerful guy in D.C., nonsense. OK? There are buildings with thousands of people in them, all lobbying for more spending and higher levels of spending and more government commitments. And there are a handful - a handful of groups that fight for less spending.

  Grover Norquist

  Running, Powerful, Commitment

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• Twenty-five years ago, I created the Taxpayer Protection Pledge at the federal level. Then I brought it to the state and local level. About 97 percent of the Republicans in the House and 85 percent in the Senate have signed on, and the number of candidates who have taken the pledge is even higher. It's become a party position.

  Grover Norquist

  Party, Taken, Years

  "Grover Norquist: 'The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit'". Interview with Ezra Klein, voices.washingtonpost.com. March 9, 2011.

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• According to a new survey, 40 percent of adults in Mexico say they would move to the United States if they got a chance. The number would have been higher, but the other 60 percent already live here.

  Conan O'Brien

  Moving, Numbers, Adults

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• The goal of higher education should be to champion the airing of all honest viewpoints. Nothing less is acceptable.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Goal, Champion, Viewpoints

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• I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president; the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Simple, New Job

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

  Michelle Obama

  Jobs, Women, Eye

  "Encouraging Quotes from Michelle Obama", www.beliefnet.com.

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• The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure.

  Ben Okri

  Artist, Imagination, Secret

  Ben Okri (2014). “A Way of Being Free”, p.69, Head of Zeus

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• Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.

  Yoko Ono

  Thinking, Expression, People

  "Walking on Thin Ice: A Career-Spanning Conversation With Yoko Ono". Interview with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, www.spin.com. November 06, 2013.

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• Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

  George Osborne

  Believe, Rich, Taxpayers

  "Tories raise alarm as George Osborne ends child benefit for all" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

  Joel Osteen

  Way

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• The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Fall, Reality, Literature

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.141, Random House

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• The work gets more difficult as you get older. You learn more and you gather more experiences, there is deeper pain and higher highs.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Pain, Difficult, Deeper

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

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• You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

  Joe Paterno

  Sports, Football, Determination

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• You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

  Tyler Perry

  Dream, People, Upset

  "Tyler Perry Unveils Multimillion-Dollar Studio in Atlanta". Interview with The Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. October 5, 2008.

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• Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Education, School, Prejudice

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• I think that 'Hangover II' is as funny as 'The Hangover I,' honest to God, but I think that it's a little bit darker, and the stakes are a little bit higher.

  Todd Phillips

  Hangover, Thinking, Littles

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

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• Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

  Wendell Phillips

  Animal, Bravery, Accountability

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• Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher.

  Jean Piaget

  Views, Psychology, Transition

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