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• The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.

  John Foster Dulles

  Peace, War, Sacrifice

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• Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.

  John Dewey

  Men, History, Intellectual

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston (1977). “The Poems of John Dewey”, p.61, SIU Press

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• Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Discipline, Padlocks, Bars

  "The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha".

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• I'm not religious, and I'm not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god.

  Nick Cave

  Christian, Religious, Believe

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• I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue.

  David Cameron

  Children, Believe, Mean

  "British Prime Minister David Cameron Speaks to ABC's Diane Sawyer". abcnews.go.com. July 20, 2010.

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• Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about.

  Herman Cain

  Philosophy, Opportunity, Economic

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• I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they have their citizens board, and I got elected to the Fed Chairmanship for the Federal Reserve Kansas City Bank back in the mid-'90s. It might have been 1995-'96.

  Herman Cain

  Cities, Kansas City, Twelve

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• I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.

  Georg Brandes

  Kindness, Brutality, Goodness

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

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• Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very severe, lasted essentially from 1929 to 1933.

  Ben Bernanke

  Financial, Great Depression, Results

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• Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates.

  Ben Bernanke

  Long, Important, Employment

  "Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress". www.federalreserve.gov. February 15, 2006.

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• Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

  Love, Spiritual, Pregnancy

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (2015). “On Love & Happiness”, p.5, Lulu Press, Inc

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• A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right-minded man without forethought or with reserve.

  Salmon P. Chase

  Men, Graves, Resignation

  "The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase". Book by Jacob Schuckers, 1874.

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• In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year.

  Larry David

  Army, Years, Class

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• I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War.

  Larry David

  War, Army, President

  "My War" by Larry David, www.nytimes.com. February 15, 2004.

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• Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then.

  Larry David

  Army, People, Today

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

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• I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance.

  Tom Cruise

  Life, Thinking, Knowing

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• As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me.

  Billy Connolly

  Successful, Scottish, Presses

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• The Tea Party people say they're angry about socialism, but maybe they're really angry about capitalism. If there's a sense of being looked down upon, it's that sense of failure that's built into a system that assures everyone they can make it to the top, but then reserves the top for only a tiny fraction of the strivers.

  Gail Collins

  Party, People, Tea

  "What the Tea Party Really Wants". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. September 01, 2010.

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• The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

  Winston Churchill

  Fear, Sometimes, Modern

  Winston Churchill (1990). “A History of the English-speaking Peoples: The birth of Britain”

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• You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.

  Dick Cheney

  Fall, Agency, Government

  Interview with Larry Kudlow, www.nationalreview.com. May 28, 2009.

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• Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

  J. B. Priestley

  Inspirational, Men, Risk

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• There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect.

  Auguste Rodin

  Nature, Eye, Giving

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• I don't want to eke out my life like a resource in short supply. The only selfish life is a timid one. To hold back, to withdraw, to keep the best in reserve, both overvalues the self, and undervalues what the self is.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Selfish, Want, Life Is

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• You got a lot of ladies to get through. You’re still young. First love’s the sweetest, but it doesn’t last.” “Not ever?” I ask. Grandad looks at me with a seriousness he reserves for moments when he wants me to really pay attention. “When we fall that first time, we’re not really in love with the girl. We’re in love with being in love. We’ve got no idea what she’s really about—or what she’s capable of. We’re in love with our idea of her and of who we become around her. We’re idiots.

  Holly Black

  Girl, Fall, First Love

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• Love doesn't demand perfection, but it does ask you to give yourself with less reserve than you'd prefer.

  Thomas Moore

  Giving, Perfection, Doe

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