"I want to spit in the face of these badlands."
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"We have to have Internet streaming with truth out there. We have to have folks who are peacefully protesting, telling the truth. And the heart of America will begin to melt in the face of truth and charity."
"You have never seen ugliness in a happy face."
"danger is a biologic necessity, like dreams. if you face death, for that time, for the period of direct confrontation, you are immortal."
"The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer."
"What sad faces one always sees in the asylums for orphans! It is more fatal to neglect the heart than the head."
"I am a true adorer of life, and if I can't reach as high as the face of it, I plant my kiss somewhere lower down. Those who understand will require no further explanation."
"At moments I dislike having a face, a nose, lips, because he has them."
"To Serve the God of Love one must be free, one must face the terrible responsibility of the decision to love in spite of all unworthiness whether in oneself or in one's neighbor."
"He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. ‘You your best thing, Sethe. You are.’ His holding fingers are holding hers. ‘Me? Me?"
"A happy heart comes first, then the happy face."
"Peace is the first step to equip yourself to face problems. Once you find the peace and the inner strength, then you can face any problem. It won’t even appear as a problem then."
"Let's face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in."
"Crying never helped anybody do anything, okay? You have a problem, you face it like a man."
"Communism is fascism with a human face."
"Have you ever gotten breathless before from a beautiful face, for i see you there, my dear."
"Let me apologize for all the faces I've worn, none of them my own."
"Every woman adores a Fascist, The boot in the face, the brute Brute heart of a brute like you."
"The first step of handling anything is gaining the ability to face it."
"Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him."