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		In the name of all the competitors I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pierre de Coubertin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tabatha Coffey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ramakrishna 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've never been a person to share my private life, but I can help save lives. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't think that acting is as youth-obsessed as the general culture. In acting, as you get older, you get better, and the parts you get improve, too. But that's only true for a man, not a woman. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian McShane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I've played a lesbian about five times. The first one was with Helen Baxendale in a drama called 'The Investigator,' about the conditions lesbians had to live under in the army in Britain, which was based on a true story. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Fraser 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Otto Weininger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yvonne Strahovski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				D. H. Lawrence 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The true object of war fought for God should always be peace. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hamza Yusuf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it happened. It is emotionally true, but the events, the plotting, the narrative, isn't true of my life, though I've experienced most of the emotions experienced by the characters in the play. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Marber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edmund Hillary 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Stevie Wonder is just one of those guys that completely delivers everything that you want to be true about Stevie Wonder. He's an amazing human being, and the fairytale exists with that man. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam Levine 
			 
			
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		When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barkhad Abdi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Before vampires were aesthetically appealing, they were physical anomalies and ostracized outsiders whom we banished to the dark, and they didn't have the appeal that they do now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Somerhalder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A hair divides what is false and true. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Omar Khayyam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahatma Gandhi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abraham Cahan