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• I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent the people there, so I certainly wouldn't imitate it.

  Alan Keyes

  People, Federalism, Clinton

  "The Keyes-Obama Debates: Africans and African Americans". "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, quod.lib.umich.edu. August 15, 2004.

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• The gift of willingness is the only thing that stands between the quiet desperation of a disingenuous life and the actualization of unexpressed potential.

  Jim McDonald

  Fear, Inner Peace, Quiet

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• It doesn't take time to think right. It only takes the willingness to do so.

  Kenneth G. Mills

  Thinking, Time To Think, Take Time

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• Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.

  Gerald May

  Yield, Giving, Mastery

  Gerald G. May (2009). “Will and Spirit”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• Ultimately, if people lose their willingness to recognize that there are times in our history when legality becomes distinct from morality, we aren't just ceding control of our rights to the government, but our futures.

  Edward Snowden

  Rights, Government, People

  "We are Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald from the Oscar-winning documentary CITIZENFOUR. AUAA". Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com.

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• There are clear differences between child and adult artistic activity. While the child may be aware that he is doing things differently from others, he does not fully appreciate the rules and conventions of symbolic realms; his adventurousness holds little significance. In contrast, the adult artist is fully cognizant of the norms embraced by others; his willingness, his compulsion, to reject convention is purchased, at the very least, with full knowledge of what he is doing and often at considerable psychic cost to himself.

  Howard Gardner

  Children, Artist, Psychics

  Howard Gardner (1982). “Art, mind, and brain: a cognitive approach to creativity”

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• If there is willingness on the Palestinian side to reach an agreement, it is possible. We are conducting the negotiations with goodwill.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Agreement, Sides, Negotiation

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• A person's willingness to conform to arbitrary parameters is not a good criterion for selecting talent or allocating rewards.

  Bruce Tulgan

  Arbitrary, Rewards, Conformity

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• Even more real than the disaster that has befallen our brothers and sisters must be our own willingness to sacrifice and help with the healing.

  Debra L. Lee

  Brother, Real, Healing

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• Spirituality does not require that you work hard toward achieving a result in the future as much as it requires you to be fully present, sincere and committed now, with absolute honesty and willingness to uncover and let go of any illusions that come between you and the realization of Reality.

  Adyashanti

  Letting Go, Honesty, Hard Work

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• We live in the age of "Everything Has Rights." Now, I'm not denying that the concept of rights is valid, but I wonder … whatever happened to obligations? One rarely hears the term anymore. Indeed, have you ever heard of a "human obligations movement?" … The very ideal that holds a democracy together--the willingness to make personal sacrifice for the common good--is going quickly by the wayside.

  John Rosemond

  Responsibility, Sacrifice, Rights

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• A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

  Humility, Tree, Weight

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• Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

  Martin O'Malley

  Leadership, Adversity, Two

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• My willingness to explore and work freely is not without risk, and at times, I find myself caught in a bind... Knowing I can fix whatever goes wrong allows me to paint, not without thought, but without hesitation.

  Brian Johnson

  Knowing, Risk, Paint

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• How many mysteries have you seen in your lifetime? How many nets pulled full over the boat's side, each silver body ready or not falling into submission? How many roses in early summer uncurling above the pale sands then falling back in unfathomable willingness? And what can you say? Glory to the rose and the leaf, to the seed, to the silver fish. Glory to time and the wild fields, and to joy. And to grief's shock and torpor, its near swoon.

  Mary Oliver

  Summer, Grief, Fall

  Mary Oliver (2017). “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver”, p.132, Penguin

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• Love is a choice -- not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guile.

  Carter Heyward

  Love Is, Choices, Rational

  Carter Heyward (1984). “Our Passion for Justice: Images of Power, Sexuality, and Liberation”

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• What is erotic? The acrobatic play of the imagination. The sea of memories in which we bathe. The way we caress and worship things with our eyes. Our willingness to be stirred by the sight of the voluptuous. What is erotic is our passion for the liveliness of life.

  Diane Ackerman

  Memories, Passion, Eye

  Diane Ackerman (1994). “A Natural History of Love”, Vintage

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• There is no human being on earth who does not have the capacity to offer the message of peace to the world at large. But what is needed now is the soulful willingness.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Doe, World, Earth

  "Twenty Seven Thousand Aspiration Plants Part 1-270" by Sri Chinmoy, (#18991, Part 190), 1983.

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• If you care about real change, deep structural change, that involves politics, and all politics is friction. It takes leadership, and the willingness to create that friction, that leads to social change.

  Nick Hanauer

  Real, Care, Social

  Source: gawker.com

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• President Reagan fueled the spirit of America. His smile, his optimism, his total belief in the ultimate triumph of democracy and freedom, and his willingness to act on that belief, helped end the Cold War and usher in a new and brighter phase of history.

  Colin Powell

  War, America, Optimism

  "Quotes: A Nation Reacts", www.foxnews.com. June 6, 2004.

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• The angels are Divine messengers of light who offer us guidance... Our willingness to receive Divine guidance is what positions us at the right time and place for a message.

  Terry Taylor

  Angel, Divine Guidance, Light

  Terry Lynn Taylor (1996). “Angel Days”, Ballantine Books

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• To the extent that sacrifices need to be made, shouldn't the people who've made out like bandits this past generation be first in line? The problem with getting out of the slump is that we need to spend more. It's not that somebody needs to spend less. We have idle workers who have the skills and the willingness to work. We have idle factories. Dealing with this is not about saying somebody needs to suffer. It's saying that we need to be prepared to open the taps.

  Paul Krugman

  Sacrifice, Past, Skills

  "Playboy Interview: Paul Krugman". Interview with Jonathan Tasini, www.playboy.com. February 15, 2012.

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• The longevity of every relationship is decided by the willingness to forgive

  Mike Murdock

  Forgiving, Longevity, Decided

  FaceBook post by Dr. Mike Murdock from Nov 16, 2013

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• The past several months have brought on much introspection, and I have decided that while my desire to compete on Sundays is still and always will be there, my willingness to commit to the preparation necessary to play another season has waned to a level that I feel is no longer adequate to meet the demands of the position.

  Kerry Collins

  Sunday, Past, Play

  "Kerry Collins Has Retired From The NFL After 16 Seasons". www.businessinsider.com. July 7, 2011.

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• Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.

  Diane Lane

  Believe, Example, Tongue

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