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  • Eileen Stukane For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much - anticipated vacation.
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  • Haniel Long For support, I fall back on my heart. Has a man any fault a woman cannot weave with and try to change into something better, if the god her man prays to is a mother holding a baby?
    Haniel Long
    American writer, poet, journalist (1888 - 1956)
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  • Sarah Bernhardt For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
    Sarah Bernhardt
    French stage actress (0 - 1923)
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  • Barry Eichengreen For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
    Barry Eichengreen
    American economist
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  • Bob Beauprez For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Bob Riley For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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  • Kahlil Gibran Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Baltasar Gracian Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Douglas Jerrold Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • Thomas Carlyle France was a long despotism tempered by epigrams.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Samuel Johnson Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Ban Ki-moon From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Jim Rohn Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Henry L. Doherty Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.
    Henry L. Doherty
    Irish-American financier and oilman
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  • Bruce Springsteen Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard Getting on a popular, long-running show like 'Happy Days' is the actor's equivalent of winning the lottery.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Archimedes Give me a lever long enough, and a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world.
    Archimedes
    Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer (287 - 212)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Bethany Hamilton God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it's much easier with Him by our side.
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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  • Bob Barr Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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