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"Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies."
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"We have errantly romanticized love as something we freely get verses something we sacrifice for in the giving."

"The problem that faces our country today, the last 30 years we have lived off the future, and the bill is coming due. So there cannot be anything that is not put on the table. There will not be one American that will not be called to sacrifice. Those that are more well-to-do will be called to sacrifice to a greater extent."

"The cross unerringly exposes this stunningly marvelous and abruptly exquisite declaration that God will not let this single life of mine, with all of its grotesque maladies and pathetic filth pass into oblivion without unflinchingly declaring that my life carries a value worth the expenditure of His. And if I dare look upon the cross, I am utterly perplexed but wholly enraptured by the immensity of such a love as this."

"It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn't give enough."

"The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude."

"When I'm working on a movie, I will make any sacrifice to finish it."

"That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent."
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"The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret."

"Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life."

"Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority."
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