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"And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?""
"To me, I think the core values that will help create the world that we're striving to live in are constant."
"I feel called to help individuals, to love each human being. I never think in terms of crowds in general but in terms of persons. Were I to think about crowds, I would never begin anything."
"I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking."
"Self-love helps me make positive changes easily"
"The more people know, the more people share. The more people improve the quality of their lives, the more they'll talk to other people about it, and then they'll help each other."
"A calm mind helps our human intelligence to assess the situation realistically."
"You're happy when you help others become happy."
"As human beings, we are only able to survive in dependence upon the co-operation, help and kindness of other fellow humans."
"The affection is mainly biological factor. Then further sort of strengthening, that religion helps."
"The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but that, having been given, it makes no difference at all."
"There isn't anyone who can't serve ... nobody who can't help somebody else."
"When friends are in trouble, America Helps."
"Part of American leadership is making sure that we're doing nation building here at home. That will help us maintain the kind of American leadership that we need."
"So many of my staff is young enough that they're going to do amazing things. And I'm going to be helping them try to do them."
"We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help."
"At a certain point you can't help but lose some feel for what's on the ground because you're not on the ground."
"Fate is like a secret friend that helps push you on into life."
"I just know that young people suffer, and I also know music is one of the things that help you get through - music and friends."
"There are instances in which American interests align with Russia and there are those where they don't. And so the question is, can we help steer Russia to being something that doesn't conflict with our interests and something that - and a country that aligns with our interests?"
