J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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Suffering turns men towards their creator.
Ramana Maharshi -
First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?
Jack Kevorkian -
It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.
Mahmoud Abbas -
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
Madame de Stael -
I lived for four years in the 1930s with these individuals and the only time that I wasn't thinking about dealing with physical suffering is when I was working on this book. I've never been more alive as when I worked on this book.
Laura Hillenbrand -
When you're on the victory podium, you're a queen, but when you come down from it, you're nobody. You cannot be too proud of yourself.
Yana Kudryavtseva
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In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other.
J. M. Coetzee -
Grief causes suffering and disease.
Daniel D. Palmer -
The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that's how you bet.
Damon Runyon -
China and India will take the global leadership on climate change: they are suffering for it.
Malcolm Turnbull -
I dealt with legal questions in the interest of Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP and its members during the difficult years of struggle for the victory of the Movement.
Hans Frank -
I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't that desperate for victory. I don't want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican Party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people.
Margaret Chase Smith
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The suffering of the Bahamian people is nearly ended. A new day is coming. It is almost here.
Perry Christie -
It's not a giant thrill to hear someone give you the label 'manic-depressive,' but to me I was so relieved. What I was suffering from had a name and could be treated.
Patty Duke -
Large elements in Congress and the public were willing to fight for victory but wanted to be very sure that the struggle was not contaminated by any moral principles.
Elmer Davis -
Some defeats are only installments to victory.
Jacob Riis -
We used to call them the storm of the century but now we're seeing what happens if we don't act fast enough - and real human beings are suffering because of that.
Dean Devlin -
I'm proud that Colorado delivered a victory to Barack Obama in 2008 and we will do so again in 2012.
Ken Salazar
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You must learn to walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness; then the light will appear and show the way before you.
Harold B. Lee -
You never know what's going to happen. That's why I like acting. It's precious to me to be able to live more than one life.
Bai Ling -
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
Mahatma Gandhi -
No Victory Without Suffering.
J. R. R. Tolkien