"We need to empower everybody, not one person, not almost everybody, but everybody."
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"Some people need a fig-leaf on their mouths."
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"What is necessary is not to seek after some fantastic ideal, utterly unsuited to our real needs, but to discover the true nature of those needs, to fulfill them, and rejoice therein."
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"A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted."
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"I don't want to be too 'classic' because it's not in the DNA of Gucci. You need to be a little bit provocative."
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"Teachers must learn how to teach ... they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching."
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"One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself."
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"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
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"Once you know who you really are, being is enough. You feel neither superior to anyone nor inferior to anyone and you have no need for approval because you've awakened to your own infinite worth."
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"When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection. The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood, - a flourishing country should show its prosperity. "When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out."
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"I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx."
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"God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it."
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"To achieve the impossible, you need to first develop the mindset that it's probable. Please don't allow the current limits of your life define your future reality. You deserve so much better. And the world deserves your best."
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"We need to sharpen our focus & live to the point just like a pencil."
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"Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change."
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"Also, of course, I need my Dove soap. Of course I need my cocoa butter. I need my Listerine. I need the white Jockey tees. They are really soft and comfortable."
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"Cling tight to your sense of humour. You will need it every day."
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"You are all Buddhas. There is nothing you need to achieve. Just open your eyes."
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"Life operates by deserve. So, in leading people, learn to work with the people who deserve it, not the people who need it."
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"We need art as much as we need good works. You need it like food. You need it for inspiration to keep going on the days that your low. We need each other in that way."
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