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• An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.

  Irving Stone

  Artist, Mediocrity, Ifs

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• Look, I don't mind if the President sends a budget which he knows is not going to achieve anything. But when he prefaces his remarks as we just saw by saying we have to put politics aside, posing again as the one person in the country who rises above partisanship and party, speaks for the national interest, it's really grating.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Country, Party, Mind

  "Krauthammer: Obama budget 'not a real document'", www.foxnews.com. February 2, 2015.

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• Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.

  Wes Fesler

  Men, Prejudice, Fairness

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• A degree of culture, and assuredly a very high one, is attained when man rises above superstitions and religious notions and fears, and, for instance, no longer believes in guardian angels or in original sin, and has also ceased to talk of the salvation of his soul.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Religious, Atheist, Believe

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two”, p.27, Courier Corporation

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• In reality, there is only one true prayer, only one substantial prayer: Christ himself. There is only one voice which rises above the face of the earth, the voice of Christ. Prayer is oneness with Christ.

  Mother Teresa

  Prayer, Reality, Voice

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• No man's faith, no man's religion, no religion in all the world can ever rise above the truth.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Truth, Men, World

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• Sometimes I wonder why the corporate world is seen as a god choice for those of us that will never rise above clerical work and general administration.

  Rob Payne

  Choices, World, Administration

  "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, 2003.

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• I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.

  Walter Isaacson

  Country, Thinking, Important

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• Whether it's difficult or not, there will be a few people who are outstanding, who will rise above the rest.

  John Gokongwei

  People, Outstanding, Difficult

  "Get inspired: The John Gokongwei Story". Entrepreneur Philippines Interview, www.entrepreneur.com.ph. December 20, 2011.

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• If you haven't already noticed, all my books are about a lonely person looking for some way to connect with other people.In a way, that is the opposite of the American Dream: to get so rich you can rise above the rabble, all those people on the freeway or, worse, the bus.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Dream, Lonely, Book

  Chuck Palahniuk (2004). “Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories”, NY Books

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• Why, then, does water-form the very basis of life in all life's various manifestations? Because water embraces everything is in and all through everything; because it rises above the distinctions between plants and animals and human beings; because it is a universal element shared by all; itself undetermined, yet determining; because, like the primal mother it is, it supplies the stuff of life to everything living.

  Theodor Schwenk

  Mother, Animal, Water

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• Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. Learn to become wise. Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. The real spiritual progress of the meditator is measured by the extent to which they achieve inner tranquility and freedom from desire.

  Sivananda

  Wise, Spiritual, Giving Up

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• The American system demands success, and in order to succeed we must first believe that we can. Yet our society, with its intolerance of failure and poverty, traps millions of people in positions where any kind of success seems impossible to contemplate, and in which failure itself is a kind of passive rebellion against their own misery and the social system which created it in the first place. To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

  Michael Korda

  Believe, Order, People

  "Success!". Book by Michael Korda, 1977.

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• Absorbed in this world, you've made it your burden. Rise above this world. There is another vision. All your life you've paid attention to your experiences, but never to your Self. Are you searching for your Soul? Then come out of your prision. Leave the stream and join the river that flows into the Ocean. It will not lead you astray. Let the beauty you seek be what you do.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Ocean, Self

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• It is acceptance of the will of God - waiting, if necessary, forever, happily rising above your desires and above your frustrations to always do what is right. Always do what is right. This is the spiritual study.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Buddhism, Acceptance

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• I heard a story about a woman who grew up in Texas. When she was having trouble in her life, she would visit her grandmother, who lived nearby and always had a kind word and some wisdom to pass on. One day she was complaining to her grandmother about some situation and her grandmother just turned to her, smiled sadly, and said, "Sometimes, darlin', you've just got to rise above yourself in this life." I've remembered that wise advice many times as I've faced trouble in my life.

  William Hudson O'Hanlon

  Wise, Adversity, Grandmother

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• The danger of art created to rise above the noise is that it may end up being noise itself.

  Michael Gungor

  Art, May, Noise

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• THE KEY TO GENERATING LOYALTY AND RISING ABOVE THE GENERAL NOISE SEEMS TO BE ALL ABOUT CREATING AN AUTHENTIC VOICE.

  Richard Branson

  Loyalty, Keys, Voice

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• Since the purpose of reading, of education, is to become good, our most important task is to choose the right books. Our personal set of stories, our canon, shapes our lives. I believe it is a law of the universe that we will not rise above our canon. Our canon is part of us, deeply, subconsciously. And the characters and teachings in our canon shape our characters--good, evil, mediocre, or great.

  Oliver DeMille

  Believe, Book, Teaching

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• You won't often find me in a pair of killer heels: my heel height doesn't rise above two and a half inches, as I would just fall over!

  Twiggy

  Fall, Two, Half

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• Let us, my dear contemporaries, arise above such narrow prejudices. If wisdom be desirable on its own account, if virtue, to deserve the name, must be founded on knowledge, let us endeavour to strengthen our minds by reflection till our heads become a balance for our hearts.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Heart, Reflection, Names

  Mary Wollstonecraft, Janet Todd (2008). “A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution”, p.166, Oxford University Press

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• Rise above... cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Light, Expression, Shining

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• Breathe, believe, and battle.' My former coach, Troy Tanner, told us that before each match. Breathe-be in the moment. Believe-have faith that you can rise above it. Battle-you gotta be prepared to go for as long as it takes.

  Kerri Walsh

  Believe, Long, Battle

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• There is no substitute for virtue. Keep your thoughts virtuous. Rise above the filth that's all around you in this world and stand tall in strength and virtue. You can do this and you will be happier for it for as long as you live. God bless you in cherishing, developing and holding on to this great gift, the quality of personal virtue.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Long, Quality, World

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• I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

  Emmanuel Jal

  Challenges, That One Person, Chance

  Emmanuel Jal (2009). “War Child: A Child Soldier's Story”, p.190, Macmillan

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