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• It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I got to see firsthand the sacrifices that Israelis make in the name of security because of the dangerous state of affairs there. I will always be a strong supporter of Israel.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Strong, Memorable, Israel

  "Jewish US Lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords Shot, Prognosis Optimistic". www.israelnationalnews.com. January 08, 2011.

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• But the standard churchy spirituality doesn't require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.

  Alan Hirsch

  Real, Action, Spirituality

  "The Faith of Leap: Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage (Shapevine)". Book by Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost, 2011.

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• The sacrifices of our people were very great. Out of a population of one million, 28,000 were killed, 12,600 wounded, 10,000 were made political prisoners in Italy and Germany, and 35,000 made to do forced labour, of ground; all the communications, all the ports, mines and electric power installations were destroyed, our agriculture and livestock were plundered, and our entire national economy was wrecked.

  Enver Hoxha

  Communication, Electric Power, Agriculture

  "Selected Works, 1941 - 1948" by Enver Hoxha, Tirana: 8 Nëntori Publishing House, vol. I, 1974.

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• What we deplore is not that the gate of western knowledge was thrown open to Indians, but that such knowledge was imported to India at the sacrifice of our own cultural heritage. What was needed was a proper synthesis between the two systems and not neglect, far less destruction, of the Indian base.

  Syama Prasad Mukherjee

  Two, India, Heritage

  Speech delivered at Gurkula Visvavidyalaya Convocation on 25th April 1943, "Educational Speeches" by Dr. Shyamaprasad Mookerjee, A.Mukherjee & Co. (Private) Ltd., 2 College Square, Kolkata 700 012, 1959.

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• For human nature is strange: the less we are inclined to self-sacrifice, the more we insist on it in others.

  Bolesław Prus

  Self, Strange, Human Nature

  "The Doll". Book by Bolesław Prus, 1890.

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• Like sacrifices, prayer is intended to change man, not God. Its purpose is to cultivate a contrite heart, to promote feelings of humility and inadequacy in man, whilst encouraging reliance on Divine assistance.

  Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

  Prayer, Humility, Heart

  "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book" by Immanuel Jakobovits, Centenary Edition, (p. xvi), 1990.

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• Brilliant results don't just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice.

  Robin Sharma

  Things In Life, Focus, Chance

  Robin Sharma (2016). “The Robin Sharma Pack”, Jaico Publishing House

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• Love and sacrifice are not the same thing, but they are inseparable. To think of Christ and to think of the Cross is not the same thing, but the association is so close that the implication is immediate. Where love has been preached without sacrifice, it has not led to love but to license.

  Hubert Van Zeller

  Thinking, Association, Christ

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• The freedom of thought and action we Americans enjoy today seems as natural as the air we breathe. But there is a danger we may take this freedom for granted. We must never forget it was bought for us at a great price. The brave and resourceful Americans whose sacrifices gained our Independence and preserved it for more than 200 years against formidable foes have set an example of unflinching loyalty to the ideal of liberty and justice for all.

  Ronald Reagan

  Loyalty, Justice For All, Air

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• Our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind, call on us
  by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch over the safety of our beloved country
  during the troubles which agitate and convulse the residue of the world, and to sacrifice to
  that all personal and local considerations.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Safety, World

  Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”

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• When we ponder that vast throng who have died honorably defending home and hearth, we contemplate those immortal words, 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' The feelings of heartfelt gratitude for the supreme sacrifice made by so many cannot be confined to a Memorial Day, a military parade, or a decorated grave.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Memorial Day, Gratitude, Military

  FaceBook post by Thomas S Monson from Nov 11, 2014

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• [When we drop our agendas] we begin to cultivate a mind of true goodness and compassion, which comes out of a concern for the Whole. As we live out of such a mind, we become generous, with no sense of giving or of making a sacrifice. We become open, with no sense of tolerance. We become patient, with no sense of putting up with anything. We become compassionate, with no sense of separation. And we become wise, with no sense of having to straighten anyone out.

  Steve Hagen

  Wise, Compassion, Giving

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• A lot of pitchers today are afraid of the ball. Warren Spahn pinch-hit for me when I was a rookie. He hit a sacrifice fly. I couldn't argue. I was 20 years old and just happy to be in the big leagues. And Spahnnie was a good hitter.

  Joe Torre

  Yankees, Years, League

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• We should also give students more flexibility in the courses they take in high school to prepare them for whatever their goals may be, without sacrificing our rigorous academic standards.

  Rick Perry

  Education, School, Giving

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• As every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now stand, can be certain that he shall not be soon thrown down from his elevation by criticism or caprice, the common interest of learning requires that her sons should cease from intestine hostilities, and, instead of sacrificing each other to malice and contempt, endeavour to avert persecution from the meanest of their fraternity.

  Samuel Johnson

  Writing, Son, Men

  Samuel Johnson (1787). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. In Eleven Volumes ...”, p.32

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• The banks themselves were doing business on capitals three-fourths of which were fictitious. This fictitious capital... is now to be lost, and to fall on somebody; it must take on those who have property to meet it, and probably on the less cautious part, who, not aware of the impending catastrophe, have suffered themselves to contract, or to be in debt, and must now sacrifice their property of a value many times the amount of the debt. We have been truly sowing the wind, and are now reaping the whirlwind.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Wisdom, Fall, Wind

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• There have been times when the Federal Reserve has restricted the money supply and raised interest rates to gain an end, which had much better been left to another Government agency or the Congress to attain. The country could have had lower interest rates without sacrificing anything else.

  Wright Patman

  Country, Agency, Government

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• We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The need now is for selflessness, for a spirit of sacrifice, for a willingness to put aside personal gains for the salvation of the whole Western world.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Wisdom, Responsibility, Rights

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• The price of cowardice will only be evil. We shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Wisdom, Evil, Victory

  Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Anne Applebaum (2007). “The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation”, Harper Perennial Modern Classics

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• The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.

  Diogenes

  Atheism

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• Once you sacrifice your rights, it's hard to get those rights protected again.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Rights, Atheism, Protected

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• Growing up on a farm taught me a reverence for all forms of life. We were a large and poor farm family, so that meant that we had to kill and eat our animal friends. When you do that you are aware of the sacrifice that someone is making so that you may live. My mother always made sure we were thankful for those precious gifts.

  Roger Fouts

  Mother, Growing Up, Animal

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• The bible teaches that a father may sell his daughter for a slave, that he may sacrifice her purity to a mob, and that he may murder her, and still be a good father and a holy man. It teaches that a man may have any number of wives; that he may sell them, give them away, or swap them around, and still be a perfect gentleman, a good husband, a righteous man, and one of God's most intimate friends; and that is a pretty good position for a beginning.

  Helen H. Gardener

  Daughter, Husband, Father

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• I am truly amazed that after all this time, religious groups still need to attack entertainment and use these tragedies as a pitiful excuse for their own self-serving publicity. In response to their protests, I will provide a show where I balance my songs with a wholesome Bible reading. This way, fans will not only hear my so-called, violent point of view, but we can also examine the virtues of wonderful 'Christian' stories of disease, murder, adultery, suicide and child sacrifice. Now that seems like 'entertainment' to me.

  Marilyn Manson

  Christian, Suicide, Religious

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• We who have grown up on a diet of honour and shame can still grasp what must seem unthinkable to people living in the aftermath of the death of God and of tragedy: that men will sacrifice their dearest love on the implacable altars of their pride.

  Salman Rushdie

  Pride, Men, People

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