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If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force.

~Auberon Herbert

Topics: Bad Cannot Certainly Civilization Effort Example Force Influence Mend Personal Places Reason Sacrifice Strenuous We Cannot

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My next project is 'Venus Vs,' which is a documentary that follows tennis star Venus Williams and her effort to get equal-award pay for women at Wimbledon. Most people don't realize that Venus fought for years to make sure women and men winners of that tennis championship received the same amount in award money.

~Ava Duvernay

Topics: Amount Award Championship Documentary Effort Follows Fought Get Her Make Men Money Most Next Pay People Project Realize Received Same Star Sure Tennis Venus Which Williams Wimbledon Winners Women Women And Men Years

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Until the world in some way changes, then my responsibility is to share what I know and more importantly to behave like I know about the extraordinary work and effort and blood shed for me to be able to sit here.

~Avery Brooks

Topics: Able About Behave Blood Changes Effort Extraordinary Here Importantly Know Like Me More Responsibility Share Shed Sit Some Then Until Way Work World

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It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.

~Balthazar Getty

Topics: Band Because Been Effort End Getting Great Group Group Effort Limited Limited Resources Love New People Resources Up You

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Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Any Bicycle Carry Common Day Effort Endeavour Everywhere Forward Great History Human Human History Keep Learned Long Many Men Men And Women Might Momentum Move Move Forward Nations Only Persistence Purpose Requiring Riding Seriousness Stay Through Throughout Ultimately Up Upright Women You

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My U.N. five-point plan focuses on preventing proliferation, strengthening the legal regime, and ensuring nuclear safety and security - an effort that was given good momentum by the Nuclear Security Summit held in Seoul earlier this year. The world is over-armed, and peace is underfunded.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Earlier Effort Ensuring Given Good Held Legal Momentum Nuclear Peace Plan Preventing Proliferation Regime Safety Security Strengthening Summit World Year

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The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America's debt.

~Barack Obama

Topics: America American Better Debate Debt Deserve Effort Fact Failure Here Increase Intend Leadership Limit Oppose Problem Raising Sign Therefore Today

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If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort, to your own attitude, to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other people's, then that must feel pretty good.

~Barbara Ehrenreich

Topics: Attitude Attribute Better Effort Entirely Essence Feel Good Mental Must Other Own People Pretty Pretty Good Some Spiritual Success Than Then You Your

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Most every book I bring into the world is like birthing a baby; it's a lot of effort!

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Baby Book Bring Effort Every Like Lot Most World

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When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually.

~Barney Frank

Topics: Action Combat Community Early Effort Federal Injustice Intellectually Law Part Poverty Put Sixties Social Social Injustice Supported

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