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I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised by my friends.

~Claire Tomalin

Topics: Book Child Despised English Friends Medieval Saved Up Very Which

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The idea of somebody suffering is really painful to every human. In our collective language, we all too often see those who are suffering as a victim to be pitied, to be feared, and even sometimes to be despised. I want to redirect that narrative.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Collective Despised Even Every Feared Human Idea Language Narrative Often Our Painful Pitied Really See Somebody Sometimes Suffering Those Too Victim Want Who

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If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Believe Despised Disservice Doing Down Feared Looked Ourselves Person Pitied Refuge Seeking

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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Being Biased Despised Favor God Often People Speak Weak

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Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet 'Common Sense,' propelled the American colonists toward independence.

~Edmund Morgan

Topics: American Appealed Both Celebrated Colonists Common Common Sense Creation Critical Despised Eloquence Events French He His Independence Long Pamphlet Present Republic Sense States Thomas Through Time Toward Traveled United United States

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When I was young, I despised old people. I was provincial and narrow-minded. It's the reason I stayed stupid so long. If you only get involved with young people you don't learn anything about the world.

~Edmund White

Topics: About Anything Despised Get Involved Learn Long Narrow-Minded Old Old People Only People Provincial Reason Stayed Stupid World You Young Young People

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Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

~Edward Gibbon

Topics: Beauty Been Despised Except Gift Outward Refused Seldom Those Which Whom

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I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.

~Edwin Morgan

Topics: Despised Give Like Neglected Others Things Voice

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Pick any scientific field, and you'll find that those snubbed by their communities, left feeling alone and despised, were often those on the forefront.

~Eliot Schrefer

Topics: Alone Any Communities Despised Feeling Field Find Forefront Left Often Pick Scientific Those Were You

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Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.

~Fritz Sauckel

Topics: Although Attitude Conditions Definite Despised Forced Life Love Loved Me Political Politics Problems Sailor Still Take Today Towards Up

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