Ernest Becker Quotes
Each society is a hero system which promises victory over evil and death.
Ernest Becker
Quotes to Explore
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Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
Samuel Johnson
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After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.
Barack Obama
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Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.
Ferdinand Marcos
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I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I DEMAND of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.
Napoleon Hill
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I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the destruction of imperialism and the victory of world revolution.
Fidel Castro
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It really scared me to do what Mom did because I never did anything that she did. I promised her that I would never sing her songs, and I kept my promise. 'You sing them better than anybody. I don't want to be a second-rate example of you. I want to be a first-rate example of myself.'
Liza Minnelli
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On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
Henry David Thoreau
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I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.
Chaka Fattah
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Alas, we have not yet the power to render completely sterile or make impossible the errors and lies which will merely be America being itself rather than its unconvincing promise.
Amiri Baraka
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One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.
Franz Kafka
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One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.
Max Lucado
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Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.
David Cameron
