Gaston Miron Quotes
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For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.
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We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
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'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.
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The nineteenth century, especially the second half of it, was a time of restatement in Ireland. After the famine, after the failed rebellions of the Forties and Sixties, the cultural and political desires for self-determination began to shape each other in a series of riffs on independence and identity.
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The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.
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A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
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Our position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.
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I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.
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My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.
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As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our country's energy independence, one significant energy source has emerged as a potential solution, hydrogen fuel cells.
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I built my entire life on the idea of independence.
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If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.
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This state of independence shall be!
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To be wealthy you must develop a burning desire for wealth and financial independence.
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Nothing constructive and worthy of man's efforts ever has or ever will be achieved except by that which comes from a positive mental attitude, based on a definiteness of purpose and activated by a burning desire, and acted upon until the burning desire is elevated to the level of applied faith.
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I think there might be some pressure released while I'm doing autobiographical work, but afterwards everything remains the same.
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There are worse places to be than on your own.
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I suppose if a man has something once, always something of it remains.
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Work earnestly at anything, you will by degrees learn to work at all things.
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Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today...
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With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go.
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Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence.
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As long as our independence is not achieved, it remains to be achieved.
