Really Cool Quotes

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“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.”
— Elie Wiesel, The Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity

 

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“Mankind needs peace more than ever, for our entire planet, threatened by nuclear war, is in danger of total destruction.”
— Elie Wiesel, Hope, Despair and Memory

 

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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
— Elie Wiesel, Hope, Despair and Memory

 

[Switcher56]

While the world is playing 4 level chess, some are playing checkers.

 

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“Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.”
— Elie Wiesel, Hope, Despair and Memory

 

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“Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.”
— Ron Paul, Transcript of Farewell Address- Campaign for Liberty

 

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“Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.”
— Ron Paul, Ron Paul’s Speech at CPAC 2011: The Brushfires of Freedom Are Burning!

 

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…it has always happened that tyrants, in order to strengthen their power, have made every effort to train their people not only in obedience and servility toward themselves, but also in adoration. —-Etienne de la Boetie

 

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The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles.
-Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

 

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"To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy"
Constatin ( Cus ) d'Amato

 

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"If he hit me once, I ain't gonna let him hit me the second time".
Muhammad Ali (answering Cus d'Amato's claims that Joe Louis would hit Ali)

 

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“You must understand fear so you can manipulate it. Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you; it can warm you in the winter, cook your food when you’re hungry, give you light when you’re in the dark and produce energy. Let it go out of control and it can hurt you, even kill you…fear is a friend of exceptional people.” – Cus D’Amato

 

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“There are very few new things in this world, very few. That’s why people that are young, if they’re smart, try to profit from the experience of an older guy so they won’t have to go through all the pain and suffering. But a certain amount of pain and suffer is good, because it makes a person think they’ve learned.”
– Cus D’Amato

 

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“I believe a man is a professional when he can do what needs to be done no matter how he feels within. An amateur is an amateur in his attitude emotionally. A professional is an professional in the way he thinks and feels and in his ability to execute under the most trying conditions.”
– Cus D’Amato

 

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“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
—George Orwell

 

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The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
George Orwell

 

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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
George Orwell

 

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A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices.
George Orwell

 

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“He who knows he has enough is rich,”
Lao Tzu

 

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