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In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. – John Burns

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I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves. – John Burns

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Sympathy
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You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters. – John Burns

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Morning
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Courage
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The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You cant limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it. – Dean Smith

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Courage

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions. – Omar Bongo

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Courage

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not ones better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act. – Maxwell Maltz

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Courage

It was actually a womens writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction. – Mary Gordon

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Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. – Sir Winston Churchill

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In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic. – Don DeLillo

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The world is not going into concentric blocs of power. It is actually going into a diffusion of power with more centres of decision-making than ever in human civilisation. That requires you to place yourself in far more hubs of power than ever before. – William Hague

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power

Im a wonderful disaster. So are you. Were all a mess. Were in this culture that says take this pill and youll be happy, go on this diet and youll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more. – Emilio Estevez

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diet