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My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

~Clara Schumann

Topics: Better Calling Each End Exert Give Health His In The End Less Life May Myself Person Preserved

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Wherever there was injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.

~Coretta Scott King

Topics: Against Best Did Disadvantaged Discrimination Exert Gays Injustice Moral Persuasion Show Up War Wherever Women

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The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the time but have a hard time starting things that are not so amusing.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Active Amusing Being Being Busy Busy Enjoy Exert Generally Hard Hard Time Rather Starting Themselves Things Time While Would

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Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.

~Dean Koontz

Topics: Always Beings Exert God-Given Human Human Beings Right Stupid Vigor

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There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.

~Drew Barrymore

Topics: Alone Being Being Alone Between Cause Content Could Difference Dog Eating Exert Friends Go Go Home God Got Group Hang Home Just Like Lonely Movie Myself Night Oh Oh God Out People Really Say See Too Tremendous Watch You

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This year, I will be more thoughtful of my fellow man; exert more effort in each of my endeavors professionally as well as personally; take love wherever I find it, and offer it to everyone who will take it.

~Duane Allman

Topics: Each Effort Endeavors Everyone Exert Fellow Fellow Man Find Love Man More Offer Personally Professionally Take Thoughtful Well Wherever Who Will Year

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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.

~Ed Asner

Topics: Because Character Comedy Essentials Exert Gotten How Matter May More Need Older Portraying Presenting Tragic Truth

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You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Anyone Become Child Else Even Exert Influence Life Live Never Own Really Through You Your Yourself

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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.

~Emile M. Cioran

Topics: Acquired Adapt Exert First Freedom Fruitful Habit Long Mind Needs Negation Negative Once Only Our Ourselves Overcome Us

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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.

~Frances Wright

Topics: Advance Evil Exert Good Ignorance Knowledge Perpetuate Will

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