"Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits"
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"Perfection isn't human. Human beings are not perfect. What evokes our love--and I mean love, not lust--is the imperfection of the human being. So, when the imperfection of the real person peaks through, say, 'This is a challenge to my compassion.' Then make a try, and something might begin to get going."
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"I'm not a tweeter or a Facebooker or a Grammer. I'm a real grump when it comes to technology. I'm like, come on, just write me a letter."
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"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be."
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"The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do."
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"Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity."
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"While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary."
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"Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding."
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"I can be a better me than anyone can."
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"It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated."
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"When love is not accepted move on; when love is not appreciated walk away; hopefully time will teach what real, true love is."
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"Marriage is just a relationship to me. In my experience, when you've been in a relationship for as long as I've been in one, there's no real difference. It's just a piece of paper that validates what was already real."
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"Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters, for without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves we collude with it through our apathy."
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"People who have known the joy of God point each other to flashes of light here and there, and remind each other that they reveal the hidden but real Presence of God. They discover that there are people who heal each other's wounds, forgive each other's offenses, share their possessions, foster the spirit of community, celebrate the gifts they have received, and live in constant anticipation of the full manifestation of God's Glory."
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"Anything you can imagine you can make real."
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"These are the times for real choices and not false ones. We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line if our nation is to survive its own folly. Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest."
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"We cannot expect that millions are practicing real yoga just because millions of people claim to be doing yoga all over the globe. What has spread all over the world is not yoga. It is not even non-yoga; it is un-yoga."
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"How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and will unsettle the unconscious and pleasant naiveté of others. Although I feel that my tragedy is the greatest in history - greater than the fall of empires - I am nevertheless aware of my total insignificance. I am absolutely persuaded that I am nothing in this universe; yet I feel that mine is the only real existence."
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"Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall."
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"Ukraine announced plans to open Chernobyl, their nuclear disaster site, to tourists. They say it's just like Disneyland, except the 6-foot mouse is real."
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