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Things that feel super personal actually feel really universal. It's sort of the more you really identify something specific within yourself, the more people connect to it because ultimately we are all connected in some way.

Lena Dunham

People, Way, Feels

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A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed.

Witold Gombrowicz

Style, Embrace, Know How

Witold Gombrowicz, Danuta Borchardt (2012). “Ferdydurke”, p.84, Yale University Press

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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it’s purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it’s going to fail.

Nick Flynn

Self, Order, Ego

"Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me: Nick Flynn". Interview with Sari Botton, therumpus.net. January 24, 2011.

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The socialist parties of all countries are duty bound to fight energetically for the implementation of universal women's suffrage which is to be vigorously advocated both by agitation and by parliamentary means. When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist principles, and therefore with the demand of universal suffrage for women and men.

Clara Zetkin

Country, Party, Mean

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To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a whole.

Josef Pieper

Mean, Special, World

Josef Pieper (1989). “An Anthology”, p.52, Ignatius Press

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In Hawaii, we greet friends, loved ones or strangers with Aloha, which means love. Aloha is the key word to the universal spirit of real hospitality, which makes Hawaii renowned as the world's center of understanding and fellowship. Try meeting or leaving people with Aloha. You'll be surprised by their reaction. I believe it and it is my creed. Aloha to you.

Duke Kahanamoku

Love, Real, Believe

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It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world.

Henry James Sumner Maine

Law, Events, Aristocracy

Henry Sumner Maine, Sir, J. H. Morgan (2000). “Ancient Law”, p.9, Beard Books

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People prefer to be with people like themselves. For all the celebration of "diversity," it's sameness that dominates. Most people favor friendships with those who share similar backgrounds, interests and values. It makes for more shared experiences, easier conversations and more comfortable silences. Despite many exceptions, the urge is nearly universal. It's human nature.

Robert J. Samuelson

People, Diversity, Silence

"A Tyranny of True Believers" by Robert Samuelson, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 6, 2008.

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If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal.

Meghan O'Rourke

Grief, Transactions, Conditions

Meghan O'Rourke (2011). “The Long Goodbye: A Memoir”, p.41, Penguin

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Jennifer Fulwiler's story of finding God when you aren't looking for Him is a universal tale which will touch many hearts. With warmth and unflinching candor she leads us through a personal journey of faith and maturity that is as funny as it is affecting.

Raymond Arroyo

Heart, Maturity, Journey

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Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on the void

Hervey Allen

Color, Borders, Void

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An up-close portrait of middle-class Nigeria exploring the boundaries of morals and public decorum. Pitched between humor and despair, with stripped-down, evocative prose, A Bit of Difference bristles with penknife-sharp dialogue, but its truths are more subtle, hiding in the unspoken. Ultimately, A Bit of Difference explores – with a hint of mischief–the problem of how to look like you have no problems when you have abundant problems–the universal problem of the socially-motivated classes.

Nii Parkes

Class, Differences, Despair

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Math is my favorite subject. It's the universal language. I like the fact that wherever you go in the whole world, two plus two will still be four.

Dakota Blue Richards

Math, Two, Favorite Subject

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I think it's a universal thing in every family, that people have their own specific versions of pivotal events or even small memories.

Sarah Polley

Memories, Thinking, People

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Something worth doing might take a while, so really flesh out the potential of the business and be honest about whether it's worth doing. If it's not a $100 million company in five years, maybe it'll take 10 or 15 years. If you're doing something that has a universal, timeless need, then you need to think of the company in a timeless way.

Scott Heiferman

Thinking, Years, Flesh

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Violence is the gold standard, the reserve that guarantees order. In actuality, it is better than a gold standard, because violence has universal value. Violence transcends the quirks of philosophy, religion, technology, and culture. () It's time to quit worrying and learn to love the battle axe. History teaches us that if we don't, someone else will.

Jack Donovan

Philosophy, Technology, Order

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Giving is a universal opportunity. Regardless of your age, profession, religion, income bracket, and background, you have the capacity to create change.

Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Opportunity, Giving, Age

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The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

Bertrand Russell

Exercise, Skills, Satisfaction

Bertrand Russell (2012). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.104, Routledge

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That's universal - we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.

Melinda Gates

Children, Motivation, Inspiration

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[Americans] think that choice, as seen through the American lens, best fulfills an innate and universal desire for choice in all humans. Unfortunately, these beliefs are based on assumptions that don't always hold true in many countries, in many cultures.

Sheena Iyengar

Country, Motivation, Inspiration

"The art of choosing". TED conference, www.ted.com. July, 2010.

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Pain doesnt have a face and pain doesnt have a certain way of adjusting. Pain is universal.

Aunjanue Ellis

Pain, Adjusting, Way

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I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

Christopher Eccleston

Love, Thinking, Age

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

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No nation is so great as to be able to afford, in the long run, to remain outside an increasingly universal League of Nations

Hjalmar Branting

Running, Long, League

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Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

Ludwig Quidde

Doe, Maintenance, Guarantees

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The western is a universal frame within which it's possible to comment on today.

Sam Peckinpah

Today, Comment, Western

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