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differences support shapes
We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences. Carre Otis
differences words-of-wisdom pieces
It doesn't matter what one reveals or what one keeps to oneself. Everything we do, everything we are, rests on our personal power. If we don't have enough personal power the most magnificent piece of wisdom can be revealed to us and it won't make a damn bit of difference. Carlos Castaneda
differences helping given
The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but that, having been given, it makes no difference at all. C. S. Lewis
differences tragedy has-beens
Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been. Abba Eban
differences stereotype reducing
If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone. Aasif Mandvi
differences good-and-bad not-interested
I'm not interested in the difference between good and bad, I'm interested in the differences between good and great. Aaron Sorkin
differences people fifteen
As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary. Charles de Lint
differences rome atheism
Sir Richard Steele has observed, that there is this difference between the Church of Rome and the Church of England: the one professes to be infallible, the other to be never in the wrong. Charles Caleb Colton
differences law grace
Relationship is the difference between grace and law. Charles Stanley
long healthy healthy-life
In a long and healthy life, which is what most of us have, there is plenty of time. Carol Shields
long lucky wonderful
I loved doing 'Countdown.' I now consider that I was very, very lucky - not just because it was such a wonderful show to do, but because it lasted for so long. Carol Vorderman
long battle trying
There's gonna be good times and bad times. When the good times come you got to ride it as long as you can. And when the bad times come you got to battle and try to get out of there as soon as you can. Carlos Delgado
long care ceo
As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term. Carlos Ghosn
long periods
I've often stopped working for long periods. Carl Andre
long desire beloved
Beloved," said the Glorious One, "unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they truly seek.
long feelings promise
The promise, made when I am in love and because I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love. A promise must be about things that I can do, about actions: no one can promise to go on feeling in a certain way. He might as well promise to never have a headache or always to feel hungry.
long speak
Who are you?' One who has waited long for you to speak.
long twenties syllables
They stormed and jeered at one another in long meaningless words of about twenty syllables each.
domestic-violence demand persons
They don't like the thought of someone else making demands on the person whom they see as belonging entirely to them. Jodi Picoult
domestic-violence assault difficult
Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway. Mariska Hargitay
domestic-violence abuse faces
Many survivors insist they're not courageous: 'If I were courageous I would have stopped the abuse.' 'If I were courageous, I wouldn't be scared'...Most of us have it mixed up. You don't start with courage and then face fear. You become courageous because you face your fear. Laura Davies
domestic-violence may stones
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours. Eric Idle
domestic-violence alive might
If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive. Gloria Steinem
domestic-violence causes pregnant-women
Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death. Lois Capps
domestic-violence finals patterns
I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also did not know that the second step is to isolate the victim. The next step in the domestic violence pattern is to introduce the threat of violence and see how she reacts. We victims know something you [non-victims] usually don't. It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is to 'kill her'. Over 70% of domestic violence murders happens after the victim has ended the relationship. Leslie Morgan Steiner
domestic-violence violence serpent
...those serpents! There's no pleasing them! Lewis Carroll
domestic-violence trying situation
The time when domestic violence is the most lethal is when the person is trying to leave the situation. Julie Johnston