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• The U.S.A. economic policy and practice have been largely influenced by this thought that people shall own property in their own right and in order to be strong enough to control their own government.

  Ndabaningi Sithole

  Wisdom, Strong, Government

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• The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Strong, Honesty, Greatness

  "Many Thoughts of Many Minds" by Louis Klopsch, (p. 133), 1896.

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• Do we want blanks, asterisks and exclamation marks which people can fill in with their own imaginations, or are we prepared and strong enough to tolerate, even if we do not approve, the strong Anglo-Saxon, realistic and vivid language?

  John Mortimer

  Strong, Exclamation Marks, Imagination

  John Mortimer's remarks in defense of record shop proprietor Christopher Seale against obscenity charges for displaying advertisements for Sex Pistols' LP "Never Mind the Bollocks" at Nottingham Magistrates Court, November 14, 1977.

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• I heard the bells from the future churches, the children playing and laughing in the schoolyards [...] and here was an almond tree in bloom before me: I must reach out and cut a flowering branch. For, by believing passionately in something which still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired, whatever we have not irrigated with our blood to such a degree that it becomes strong enough to stride across the somber threshold of nonexistence.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Strong, Children, Believe

  "Report to Greco". Book by Nikos Kazantzakis, 1965.

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• The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside; The doorband strong enough from robbers to defend; This door will open at a touch to welcome every friend.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Strong, Pride, Doors

  Henry Van Dyke (1904). “Music, and Other Poems”

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• The truth that seems discouraging does in reality only transform the courage of those strong enough to accept it; and, in any event, a truth that disheartens, because it is true, is still of far more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

  Maurice Maeterlinck

  Strong, Reality, Events

  Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.79, 谷月社

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• Don't buy into the idea that women aren't strong enough to do anything they want on their own.

  Cher

  Strong, Ideas, Want

  "Cher genius!: The iconic star shows no sign of slowing down". Interview with Elaine Lipworth, www.dailymail.co.uk. November 27, 2010.

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• If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always at work, looking for and devising means to get to the goal.

  Frederick Philip Grove

  Strong, Mean, Goal

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• At the root of the assault on our liberties is, in fact, an assault on our character--an assault that assumes that we are not good enough to be free, and that aims to make sure that we are no longer strong enough, courageous enough, disciplined enough to be a free people.

  Alan Keyes

  Strong, Character, Roots

  Alan Keyes' Speech at Rally in Idaho Falls, Idaho, www.keyesarchives.com. May 12, 2000.

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• If the character has the motivation to dance round trees, then I will dance round trees. If the motivation is strong enough, then I'll fly to the moon.

  Rahul Bose

  Strong, Motivation, Character

  "'If the Motivation Is Strong Enough, I'll Fly to the Moon'". Interview with Suparn Verma, www.rediff.com. April 04, 1997.

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• Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Country, Strong, Mean

  "Giffords Wins Re-election to U.S. House; Kelly Says Voters Have Spoken". Sierra Vista Herald, November 06, 2010.

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• There will be no peace in Europe if the States rebuild themselves on the basis of national sovereignty, with its implications of prestige politics and economic protection... The countries of Europe are not strong enough individually to be able to guarantee prosperity and social development for their peoples. The States of Europe must therefore form a federation or a European entity that would make them into a common economic unit.

  Jean Monnet

  Country, Strong, Europe

  Speech to the French National Liberation Committee, August 5, 1943.

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• Not everybody is strong enough to endure life without an anesthetic. Drink probably averts more gross crime than it causes.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Strong, Causes, Drink

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• Well, the fella I got on there is hitting pretty good and I know he can make that throw, and if he don't make it that other fella I got coming has shown me a lot, and if he can't I have my guy and I know what he can do. On the other hand, the guy's not around now. And, well, this guy may be able to do it against left-handers if my guy ain't strong enough. I know one of my guys is gonna do it.

  Casey Stengel

  Strong, Yankees, Hands

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• It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away.

  Klaus Kinski

  Strong, Ocean, Book

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• When the sky is totally covered by the dark clouds, be strong enough to see the bright stars beyond them!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Strong, Stars, Dark

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• There's no such thing as a painless lesson. They just don't exist. Sacrifices are necessary. You can't gain anything without losing something first although if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you'll find that you now have a heart strong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yeah, a heart made fullmetal.

  Hiromu Arakawa

  Strong, Pain, Heart

  "Fictional character: Edward". "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood", 2009-2010.

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• There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of it. You have no idea how many interesting people you'll meet after high school's over. Your life partner, your best friend, the most wonderful person you'll ever know is sitting in some high school right now waiting to graduate and walk into your life - maybe even feeling all the same things you are, maybe even wondering about you, hoping that you're strong enough to make it to the future where you'll meet.

  Matthew Quick

  Strong, School, Ideas

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• The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism.

  Christopher Dawson

  Strong, League, Enlightenment

  Christopher Dawson (2010). “The Crisis of Western Education (The Works of Christopher Dawson)”, p.94, CUA Press

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• A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in doubt.

  Emile Durkheim

  Strong, Ignorance, Risk

  Emile Durkheim (2005). “Suicide: A Study in Sociology”, p.245, Routledge

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• To the people that have said I'm too small, I'm not fast enough, I don't have what it takes, I'm not strong enough. THANK YOU

  Muhammad Ali

  Strong, People, Enough

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• Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can preserve themselves is by uniting their separate powers in a combination strong enough to overcome any resistance, uniting them so that their powers are directed by a single motive and act in concert.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Strong, Men, Way

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• But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm.

  Algernon Blackwood

  Strong, Passion, Heart

  Algernon Blackwood (2015). “Collected Works of Algernon Blackwood (Unabridged): 10 Novels & 80+ Short Stories: The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, John Silence Series, Jimbo, The Willows, The Human Chord, The Education of Uncle Paul, The Wave, The Listener…”, p.2578, e-artnow

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• The great thing to remember is we can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough.

  Katherine Mansfield

  Strong, Wish, Remember

  Katherine Mansfield, Vincent O'Sullivan, Margaret Scott (2008). “The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: 1922-1923”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• If you are a strong man, very good! But do not curse others who are not strong enough for you. ...Everyone says, "Woe unto you people!!" Who says, "Woe unto me that I cannot help you?" The people are doing all right to the best of their ability and means and knowledge. Woe unto me that I cannot lift them to where I am!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Strong, Mean

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.400, Manonmani Publishers

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