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• Freedom is acquired by conquest, not by gift. It must be pursued constantly and responsibly. Freedom is not an ideal located outside of man; nor is it an idea which becomes myth. It is rather the indispensable condition for the quest for human completion.

  Paulo Freire

  Men, Ideas, Myth

  Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.33, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga. While this is a legitimate place to begin, it is not the end. Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Simple, Practice

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom".

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• In the end the great truth will have been learned that the quest is greater than what is sought, the effort finer that the prize (or rather, that the effort is the prize), the victory cheap and hollow were it not for the rigor of the game.

  Benjamin Cardozo

  Truth, Struggle, Games

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• In the quest to be a man, you start to learn you need your family. If it wasn't for them, I'd be way closer to insanity.

  Mac Miller

  Men, Insanity, Needs

  Song: I'll Be There, 2011

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• The quest for simplicity has to pervade every part of the process. It really is fundamental.

  Jonathan Ive

  Simplicity, Fundamentals, Process

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• We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are a part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity. This idea helps the mind of the child to become fixed, to stop wandering in an aimless quest for knowledge. He is satisfied, having found the universal centre of himself with all things.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Ideas, Unity

  Maria Montessori (2015). “To Educate the Human Potential”, p.6, Ravenio Books

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• They taught me that all life forms are important to each other in our common quest for happiness and survival. That there is more to life than just yourself, your own family, or your own kind.

  Lawrence Anthony

  Survival, Important, Taught

  Anthony Lawrence, Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence (2009). “The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants”, p.4, Pan Macmillan

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• I look to Islamic ethics to find something that can provide the basis for shared values with other traditions, and ultimately universal values. This ties into the point I made in a book, 'The Quest for Meaning', that the only way for values to be universal is if they are shared universal values. My main point is, in this quest for value the aim is not to express your distinctness from others, but about being able to contribute to the discussion of universal value.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Book, Islamic, Ties

  Source: www.opendemocracy.net

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• Hillary Clinton has secured her place in history. She is the first woman to lead a major party's quest for the presidency.

  Ari Shapiro

  Party, Firsts, Clinton

  "How Bernie Sanders' Progressive Message Carried His Insurgent Campaign". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. June 8, 2016.

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• At home and abroad, military men and women are showing purpose and dedication in defending American ideas. They are performing in our country's best traditions under circumstances both difficult and complex. Thanks to their determined spirit of patriotism and professionalism, our country has a powerful and unified defense team, employing its forces in the constant quest for peace and freedom.

  Melvin Laird

  Country, Powerful, Team

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• Learning how to access a continuity of common sense can be one of your most efficient accomplishments in this decade. Can you imagine "common sense" surpassing science and technology in the quest to unravel the human stress mess? In time, society will have a new measure for confirming truth. It's inside the people-not at the mercy of current scientific methodology. Let scientists facilitate discovery, but not invent your inner truth.

  Doc Childre

  Truth, Stress, Technology

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• I've always been interested in the social conflict of my age, my own time, as well as the result of positive and negative of social change, and the ongoing quest we all have, from the cradle to the grave, for identity.

  Stephanie Rothman

  Age, Identity, Negative

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Acting is a spiritual quest to touch human beings.

  Larry Moss

  Spiritual, Acting, Humans

  Larry Moss (2004). “The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor”, p.81, Bantam

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• I knew that I wanted to create rich themes, and something that people might really relate to emotionally. That was the quest, authenticity, and then just to make the audience feel something.

  John Debney

  People, Might, Authenticity

  Source: www1.cbn.com

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• Education is an adventurous quest for the meaning of life, involving an ability to think things through. --Z. Applewhite.

  Stephanie S. Tolan

  Thinking, Meaning Of Life, Adventurous

  Stephanie S. Tolan (2004). “Surviving the Applewhites”, Turtleback Books

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• The Quest of the Holy Grail, the Search for the Stone of the Philosophers-by whatever name we choose to call the Great Work-is therefore endless. Success only opens up new avenues of brilliant possibility.

  Aleister Crowley

  Names, Holy Grail, Stones

  Aleister Crowley (1991). “Little Essays Toward Truth”

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• For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.

  Mac Thornberry

  Winning, Two, America

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• By sharing something, I realized that I'm not alone, that there are a lot of people that share with me the same preoccupations, the same ideas, the same ideals, and the same quest for a meaning for this life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Ideas, People, Share

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• The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.

  Joseph Campbell

  Fire, Would Be, Use

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• The problem isn't materialism as such. Rather it is the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from gratifying the senses alone. Unlike animals whose quest for happiness is restricted to survival and to the immediate gratification of sensory desires, we human beings have the capacity to experience happiness at a deeper level which, when achieved, can overwhelm unhappy experiences.

  Dalai Lama

  Animal, Survival, Desire

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• The government's assertion that it must be unhindered in protecting our security can camouflage the desire to increase Executive power, while the press's cry of the public's right to know can mask a quest for competitive advantage or a hidden animus. Neither the need to protect our security nor the public's right to know is a blank check.

  Richard Stengel

  Government, Desire, Needs

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• I don't make movies about issues. This is my same litmus test for all the movies I love: Is it a great character on a great emotional quest with a great emotional need? Do they overcome great emotional obstacles? Is it a fantastic story? I didn't set out to be a political activist. I'm just a human being who's moved by certain things, and if certain things break my heart, I set out to fix them.

  Kimberly Peirce

  Heart, Character, Love Is

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• Open the GIFTS actually came out of this quest. I ended up going into a pretty deep depression that people don't know about, and now I'm talking about it. I was too focused on, If I'm not working, who am I? Why am I not doing that thing that I want to do the most? Why am I not successful in this moment?

  Kim Coles

  Successful, Talking, People

  Interview with Reina Shay Broussard, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• What it does remind us is that 'God' is not to be separated from the quest for the Kingdom of God and is not and cannot be the object of any detached 'scientific' contemplation. Heidegger's critique of onto-theology is also driving a wedge between speaking of God and the aims of science - not so as to get rid of God but rather to free God from a false objectification.

  George Pattison

  Kingdoms, Objectification, Doe

  "Towards hope". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. July 18, 2014.

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• "Plaza de la Soledad" is a documentary about Carmen, Lety, Raquel and Esther, four strong women - middle-aged and older - who want to break a vicious circle that began with abuse and abandonment suffered from an early age. They simply want to have a better life. The film follows their quest to find true love and their capacity to transform themselves.

  Maya Goded

  Strong Women, Circles, Abuse

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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