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What poor people go through, it's amazing they don't do more violent things! If they'd just give you a little dignity, it might help you stand it better. They suffer no heat, no electricity, while you're working, but then you've got to face all the insults, too.

~Carolyn Chute

Topics: Amazing Better Dignity Electricity Face Give Go Got Heat Help Insults Just Little Might More People Poor Poor People Stand Suffer Then Things Through Too Violent While Working You

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It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.

~Caryl Chessman

Topics: Able Animal Belief Died Dignity Fear Hope Much Myself Owe Report Will Without You

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Somewhere along the way, I think I realised that taking yourself seriously is the worst thing that you can do in life, so once I let that go, I've just let it all go. I have no standard of personal dignity.

~Casey Wilson

Topics: Along Dignity Go Just Life Once Personal Realised Seriously Somewhere Standard Taking Thing Think Way Worst Worst Thing You Yourself I Think

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I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to give some dignity to peoples' lifestyles that tend to be ignored.

~Cass Mccombs

Topics: Connection Dignity Friends Give Ignored Lifestyles Myself People Some Tend Try Who Write I Write

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Some of the occurrences leading up to and immediately following the Berlin World Championships have infringed not only my rights as an athlete but also my fundamental and human rights, including my rights to dignity and privacy.

~Caster Semenya

Topics: Also Athlete Berlin Championships Dignity Following Fundamental Human Human Rights Immediately Including Leading Occurrence Only Privacy Rights Some Up World

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I'm saying that people who are enmeshed in situations of subjugation and have to live, have to find ways to project their dignity as human beings - in spite of all the efforts of those around them to degrade them - I'm saying that this music is the manifestation of the dignity in the life that has always been present.

~Cecil Taylor

Topics: Always Around Been Beings Degrade Dignity Efforts Find Human Human Beings Life Live Manifestation Music People Present Project Saying Situations Spite Them Those Ways Who

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From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

~Cesar Chavez

Topics: Depth Despair Dignity Fill Need Needs Organize Own People Problems Solve Strength Themselves Together Work Work Together

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The U.S. military has done a phenomenal job of creating these facilities almost over-night and dealing with these sworn enemies of America with more respect and dignity than they ever would have considered according our officers had they captured any.

~Charles Bass

Topics: According Almost America Any Captured Considered Creating Dealing Dignity Done Enemies Ever Facilities Had Job Military More Officers Our Phenomenal Respect Sworn Than Would

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We need to make sure people continue to have access to retirement plans because everyone deserves the opportunity to retire with dignity and financial independence.

~Charles Boustany

Topics: Access Because Continue Deserves Dignity Everyone Financial Independence Make Need Opportunity People Plans Retire Retirement Sure

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Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Coat Dignity Even Holiness Imagine More People Questions Some Some People Sometimes Than Too

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