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“Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects.”
Source : William Wilberforce (1797). “A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians: In the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity”, p.424
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“We must turn the greatest collective challenge facing humankind today, climate change, into the greatest opportunity for common progress towards a sustainable future”
Source : "Big Idea 2014: The Year for Climate Action" by Ban Ki-moon, www.un.org. December 10, 2013. 
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“Discontented people are exactly the kind of people that made America so Great. Sometimes it's good to be frustrated; it leads to change.”
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“Religion says "Do." Grace says "Done" because Jesus said "It is finished."”
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“It's simple. Eat well, exercise and get lots of sleep but make sure you indulge occasionally. At my age , I think , what the hell , and eat a Krispy Kreme doughnut !”
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“That's what History teaches us, I think, that life goes on, even though individuals die and whole civilizations crumble away: The simple things last; they are repeated over and over by each generation.”
Source : Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #4: A Darkling Plain”, p.312, Scholastic Inc.
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“Invitation is the sincerest flattery.”
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“Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.”
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“What America does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is to understand others.”
Source : Quoted in Time, 16 June 1986
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“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”
