"Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it."
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"We are more alike than unalike."
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"No one has ever become poor from giving."
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"The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed."
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"I think the more we know the better we are. I mean not just facts. The more we know about each other, the closer we are to learn something about our selves."
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"Everything costs and costs the earth."
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"There is a place in you that you must keep inviolate, a place that you must keep clean. A place where you say to any intruder, "Back up, don't you know I'm a child of God."
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"As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good."
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"Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, "I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth." Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, "Yes, I deserve it.""
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"I can see in the acorn the oak tree. I see the growth, the rebuilding, the restoring. I see that is the American psyche. There is so much we can draw understanding from. One of the lessons is the development of courage. Because without courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues consistently."
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"Hope does not take away your problems. It can lift you above them."
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"I come as one, but stand as 10,000."
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"Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind."
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"Whether you are happy or whether you are sad, it is wise to remember you are really in process."
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"I was told many years ago by my grandmother who raised me: If somebody puts you on a road and you don't feel comfortable on it and you look ahead and you don't like the destination and you look behind and you don't want to return to that place, step off the road."
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"Sometimes guns really matter. Protecting those who need protection - children, women, minorities in rough parts of town, old folks living in places where cops aren't nearby. Guns are true empowerment for the powerless."
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"When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else."
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"The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does"
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"Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse."
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"My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people."
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