"You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace."
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"The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and have used it before this with success."
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"The earth has enough resources for our need, but not for our greed."
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"I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?"
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"I need Harry Potter like a grindylow needs water."
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"Motivation needs to be a part of your own life for you to be effective in conveying it to others."
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"All you need to find and accomplish God's purpose in your life is God's permission and approval--not anyone else's. When you get in step with Him, there will be a glow on your face that will make people wonder what you're up to."
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"I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements."
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"The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today's employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss."
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"In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it."
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"When it's time to focus in and play ball during the season, 100% of my focus is on that. When it's the offseason and I've got time to be away and I can do other interests - they don't conflict. I'm good at compartmentalizing. I can put everything in its appropriate box at the time and open it up when I need to at a later time."
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"There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for."
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"The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life."
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"I love variety. I love theater. I also love radio. I love language. But, the older you get, you need to earn money. You need to heighten your profile."
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"I’ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wanted—like all orphans—to be the object of someone’s affection. This need has always been a hunger that went unsatisfied, and so thoroughly have I adapted to this inevitable hunger that I sometimes wonder if I really feel the need to eat. Whatever be the case, life pains me."
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"This town needs an enema!"
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"You don't need to be a scientist to know Earth's age or that life evolved. You just need be one who embraces objective truths"
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"A flash of resentment. It's hard enough being alive, trying to survive in the world and find your place in it, to do the things you need to do to get by, without wondering if the thing you just did, whatever it was, was worth someone having...if not died, then having given up her life. It wasn't fair. "Life's not fair," said Ginnie, as if I had spoken aloud."
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"We all need mantras, I guess - stories we tell ourselves to keep us going."
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"Any harm you do to a man should be done in such a way that you need not fear his revenge."
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