Quotes with not-so-fun

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  • Alan Cohen The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle The purpose of man is in action not thought.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Ayn Rand The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • June Jordan The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se.
    June Jordan
    American poet and civil rights activist (1939 - )
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  • Nelson Mandela The purpose of studying history is not to deride human action, nor to weep over it or to hate it, but to understand it. And hopefully then to learn from it as we contemplate our future.
    Source: Renewal and Renaissance - Towards A New World Order (1997)
    Nelson Mandela
    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader (1918 - 2013)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • William Shakespeare The quality of mercy is not strained.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Martin Luther King The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Louise Bernikow The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world.
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  • John Paul II The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
    John Paul II
    Polish priest and later 264th Pope (1920 - 2005)
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  • Abbe Pierre The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.
    Abbe Pierre
    French Catholic priest (born Henri Grous) (1912 - 2007)
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  • Dan Qualye The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... and fight for what you believe in.
    Dan Qualye
     
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  • Robert A. Cook The question is not ''How much may I indulge in and still be saved. God forbid! I must rather ask, ''What about Christ's will and the example I set for my fellow Christians?''
    Robert A. Cook
    American Christian author, radio broadcaster, and pastor (1912 - 1991)
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  • Martin Luther King The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Joan Borysenko The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.
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  • Bernie S. Siegel The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they become blessings to society, as a life threatening disease is to an individual, by teaching us about the meaning of our life and existence?
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley The question of the next generation will not be one of how to liberate the masses, but rather, how to make them love their servitude.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Freeman Dyson The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence.
    Freeman Dyson
    American arts, writer (1923 - 2020)
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  • Damon Runyon The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet.
    Damon Runyon
     
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