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• It is not the truth of Marxism that explains the willingness of intellectuals to believe it, but the power that it confers on intellectuals, in their attempts to control the world. And since, as Swift says, it is futile to reason someone out of a thing that he was not reasoned into, we can conclude that Marxism owes its remarkable power to survive every criticism to the fact that it is not a truth-directed but a power-directed system of thought.

  Roger Scruton

  Philosophy, Believe, Political

  "A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism". Book by Roger Scruton, 2006.

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• This self-reflection, this willingness to examine ourselves, to make corrections, to do better, that's part of what makes us Americans. It's part of what sets us apart from other nations, the United States is the most professional, most capable, most cutting-edge intelligence community in the world.

  Barack Obama

  Cutting, Reflection, Self

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• Now, there is something else interesting here, is this thing called self-determinism and pan-determinism. We have found that there is something stands as a barrier between the ability of a person to be self-determined and the condition he is in, and that is willingness to be controlled. As long as a person will resist control, then everything that comes along which threatens to control him can do so; and thus you have aberration. And until he has a total tolerance of control, he cannot be self-determined or pan-determined.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Self, Interesting, Long

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• When He withholds an answer, it is to have us grow through faith in Him, obedience to His commandments, and a willingness to act on truth.

  Richard G. Scott

  Answers, Obedience, Grows

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• The efficiency of most workers is beyond the control of the management and depends more than has been supposed upon the willingness of men to do their best.

  Sumner Slichter

  Men, Efficiency, Workers

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• Every conflict we face in life is rich with positive and negative potential. It can be a source of inspiration, enlightenment, learning, transformation, and growth-or rage, fear, shame, entrapment, and resistance. The choice is not up to our opponents, but to us, and our willingness to face and work through them.

  Kenneth Cloke

  Inspiration, Choices, Growth

  Kenneth Cloke, Joan Goldsmith (2001). “Resolving conflicts at work: a complete guide for everyone on the job”, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

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• We need a revolution in the West: not violent overthrow, but a willingness to take responsibility for the course of history being set forth in our names. We need a revolution determined to activate broad, inclusive social change.

  Christina Baldwin

  Peace, Responsibility, Names

  Christina Baldwin (2009). “Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture”, p.22, Bantam

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• Apology calls for a willingness to sacrifice on behalf of the wronged party and the inherent value of the relationship, not for what it brings to you but for what you can bring to it.

  John Kador

  Party, Apology, Sacrifice

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• As soldiers we have few saving graces. Perhaps our willingness to die for what we believe in is all that matters.

  Leo Gordon

  Death, Believe, Grace

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• Open your hearts to the Lord. The Lord is waiting for you and the Church will welcome you if your willingness to serve good is as clear and public as your choice to serve evil was.

  Pope Francis

  Heart, Evil, Choices

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• God picks you up. You don't pick yourself up. You're the one who knocked you down or even if somebody else knocked you down, your willingness to believe that what they said had value, was your conspiring with them, with their effort to knock you down - I've never been able to get myself up and I've noticed that every time I ask God to pick me up - he does.

  Marianne Williamson

  Believe, Effort, Pick Me Up

  Source: www.douglasgillies.com

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• I've maintained old friendships, like with people I knew in the nineteen-seventies, but have lost the knack for meeting new people. This has a lot to do with my writing schedule. I don't want to be disturbed, and the willingness to be disturbed is, I think, part of being a good friend.

  David Sedaris

  Writing, Good Friend, Thinking

  "Ask the Author Live: David Sedaris". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. August 14, 2009.

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• Nothing has changed in Russia since Ivan the Terrible when it comes to the divide between the people and the state. The state demands a sacred willingness to make sacrifices from the people.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Sacrifice, Russia, People

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• I do interview senior candidates at the home office or many of our hotel or restaurant General Manager candidates. My two favorite questions are "Tell me about a failure in your career, what you learned from it, and how you've leveraged this lesson" and "All of us are misperceived at one time or another. What's the most common way you're misperceived in the workplace and why?" Both of these questions require a certain amount of self-awareness and a willingness to not give pat, normal answers that we offer experience in interviews.

  Chip Conley

  Senior, Home, Self

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• When I was 15 years old I felt totally confident I would become a world champion and the greatest bodybuilder in the world. The same was true of show business - I knew that one day I would make more money than anyone else in the industry and I did. For that you need the willingness to work and do everything it takes to make the vision turn into reality.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Reality, Years, Champion

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• ..the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.

  Andy Stanley

  Unique, Opportunity, Two

  Andy Stanley (2015). “Fields of Gold”, p.53, NavPress

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• The kind of president we need has little to do with ideology and more to do with a willingness to wield power to moral ends.

  George Friedman

  President, Needs, Littles

  George Friedman (2011). “The Next Decade: Where We've Been . . . and Where We're Going”, p.20, Anchor

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• The readiness to sacrifice one's personal work and, if necessary, even one's life for others shows its most highly developed form in the Aryan race. The greatness of the Aryan is not based on his intellectual powers; but rather on his willingness to devote all his faculties to the service of his community.

  Adolf Hitler

  Sacrifice, Greatness, Race

  Adolf Hitler (2016). “Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition)”, p.293, eKitap Projesi

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• The Christian message, like an ecosystem, is about process. In an ecological sense, the cross symbolizes a willingness to die so that the continuation of life might be served. Now we must extend our love to the unborn if we are to serve eternal life.

  Wes Jackson

  Christian, Ecosystems, Continuation Of Life

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• Negative emotion is your indicator of resistance, while positive emotion is your indicator of allowance. And they are on the same meter: allowance; resistance. Allowance; resistance.

  Esther Hicks

  Negative, Resistance, Emotion

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• The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding pie. But if you don't have an expanding pie, everyone starts hunkering down.

  Thomas B. Edsall

  Pie, Giving, Posture

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• In a sense, it's less about seeing how high up I can vault than about seeing how deeply I can explore my potential...Ambition for me is about the willingness to work, the ability to mine my own soul fearlessly.

  Renee Fleming

  Ambition, Soul, Vaults

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• It is not easy to build a great brand. It takes leadership to persuade the rest of the company to follow your vision. It takes an artistic sense of proportion and timing. It takes a ruthless willingness to distinguish yourself from competing brands and, hopefully, bury them in the process.

  David F. D'Alessandro

  Vision, Artistic, Timing

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• If we are willing to act violently in pursuit of a peripheral interest, everyone can be certain that, when a vital interest is at stake, we will be still more violent. 'Credibility' is defined as the willingness to kill a lot of people now for a not very good cause to assure the world that we'll kill a lot more people if we can find a better one.

  Adam Gopnik

  People, World, Causes

  "No more Mr. Tough Guy" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. July 31, 2014.

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• Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility.

  Gerry Spence

  Feelings, Argument, Credibility

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