"The old endless chain of love, tolerance, indifference, aversion and disgust"
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"The official toxicity limit for humans is between one and one and half grams of cocaine depending on body weight. I was averaging five grams a day, maybe more. I snorted ten grams in ten minutes once. I guess I had a high tolerance."
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"Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time"
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"The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance."
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"Toleration is the best religion."
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"To tolerate is to insult."
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"Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness."
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"The first thing you must do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black."
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"Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you."
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"Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain."
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"I hear the word 'tolerance'-tha t some people are trying to teach people to be tolerant of gays. I'm not satisfied with that word. I am gay, and I am not seeking to be 'tolerated'. One tolerates a toothache, rush-hour traffic, an annoying neighbor with a cluttered yard. I am not a negative to be tolerated."
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"People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows."
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"I wanted secular, non-Muslim people to stop kidding themselves that Islam is peace and tolerance."
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"The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge."
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"Travelers are the greatest ambassadors of tolerance."
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"The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions."
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"Go beyond tolerance to acceptance."
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"If you've ever found yourself pushed to the limits of your tolerance... you find yourself doing some things that, from the outside, can be seen as quite insane."
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"A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel."
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"Tolerance is really a better thing than understanding. Because it doesn't agitate against human nature."
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