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• Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Inspiring, Kindness, Inspiration

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.90

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• Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.

  Mason Cooley

  Mistake, Literature, Originality

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• Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Respect, Educational, Ethical Principles

  Pierre de Coubertin, Norbert Müller (2000). “Olympism: Selected Writings”, Lausanne, Switzerland : International Olympic Committee

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• I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Believe, Faces, Sovereignty

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• The sea is the universal sewer.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Ocean, Sea, Conservation

  1971 Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 28 Jan.

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• When you're a kid, 'Star Trek' is a slower burn. It's funny, it's entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it - which is its universal appeal, I think.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Stars, Kids, Maturity

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• I hate it when people don't recognize the work of women as being universal, or having any import to the world at large, as opposed to men's work, which is generally tends to be seen as more universal - men's writing about their own experience tends to be put in a broader context.

  Ani DiFranco

  Hate, Writing, Men

  "Interview: Righteous Babe Ani DiFranco". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. September 8, 1999.

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• When I write I'm never really thinking about themes or the universal.

  Lena Dunham

  Writing, Thinking, Theme

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• When I have time off, my friends and I will go to Universal Studios, the movies, out to eat, and shopping. I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Shopping, Matter, Universal Studios

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• A smile is the universal welcome.

  Max Eastman

  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

  Max Eastman (1921). “The Sense of Humor”

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• Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Rights, Civilization, Standards

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, progressive.org. September 1, 2004.

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• So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Fashion, Style, Fashion And Art

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• I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Inspiration, Years, People

  Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 6 July 2010

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• Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Mistake, Individual, Symbols

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1965). “Selected essays, lectures, and poems”, Pocket Books

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• Thank you... 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' for demonstrating a universal truth: Idiots like me will always watch idiots like you fight on TV. You will forever be in my TiVo.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Real, Fighting, Atlanta

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• Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Acceptance, Risk

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• We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.

  Pope Francis

  Church, Mediocrity, Nests

  Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.51, A&C Black

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• If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as a universal option.

  Pope Francis

  Thinking, Issues, Celibacy

  "Pope Francis Talks Celibacy, Pedophilia In 2012 Interview". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2013.

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• The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part of the Obama administration's economic recovery strategy for the nation.

  Thomas Frank

  Jobs, Recovery, Cities

  John Summers, Chris Lehmann, Thomas Frank (2014). “No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler”, p.110, MIT Press

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• Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Birthday, Faith, Religion

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Grief, Sleep, Heart

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• There is a universal, intelligent, life force that exists within everyone and everything. It resides within each one of use as a deep wisdom, an inner knowing. We can access this wonderful source of knowledge and wisdom through our intuition, an inner sense that tells us what feels right and true for us at any given moment.

  Shakti Gawain

  Intelligent, Knowing, Intuition

  Shakti Gawain (2015). “The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition”, p.279, Mango Media Inc.

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• War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.

  Jane Goodall

  War, Records, Firsts

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• One of the wonders of science is that it is completely universal. It crosses national boundaries with total ease.

  Brian Greene

  Ease, Wonder, Boundaries

  "Sunday Q&A: Physicist seeks truth about cosmos". Interview With Eric Berger, www.chron.com. September 27, 2009.

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• An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.

  Stanislav Grof

  Fear, Important, Spirituality

  Stanislav Grof (2000). “Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research”, p.267, SUNY Press

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