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"Some people respect some people only because some people respect them."
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"Respect is that great spirit of good, which creates the beautiful space giving all souls the simple room to breathe."

"Never ask about the details of someone's personal life, only the quality. Because if they want you to know, they'll let you know. If they don't want you to know, there is no need to know."

"Respect your voice. Be a voice for those who do not have a voice."

"Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color."

"You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect."

"If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself."
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"We are not as important to most people as we are to ourselves. As a matter of fact, we are-to most people-not important at all."

"Being HIV positive doesn't necessarily mean that you are going to die before each and every person who is HIV negative."

"In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever he is in his own yard a man who is a nobody whenever he is in his employer's yard."

"Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours."

"When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their clients, it is to save the court time."
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