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"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."

"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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"You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play."

"You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play."

Freddy Adu, Ghanaian Athlete

44

"How can we help President Obama?"

"How can we help President Obama?"

Fidel Castro, Cuban Statesman

Help, President

36

"Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering."

"Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering."

Owen Arthur, Barbadian Statesman

Help, Man, Sense

33

"You kept quiet... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet."

"You kept quiet... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet."

Paul Kagame, Rwandan Statesman

Help, Quiet, Victims

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"It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them."

"It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them."

Dalai Lama, Tibetan Leader

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"Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them."

"Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them."

Josefa Iloilo, Fijian Statesman

Help, Journey, Now

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"Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way."

"Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way."

Dave Davies, British Musician

23

"Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results."

"Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results."

Harri Holkeri, Finnish Politician

Help, Interest, Results, Thinking

18

"You are never strong enough that you don't need help."

"You are never strong enough that you don't need help."

Cesar Chavez, American Activist

18

"The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players."

"The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players."

Roger Milla, Cameroonian Athlete

Help, Order, President

17

"We had a lot of international help especially from the EU and USA, which helped us to get out of this phase of emergency, to give some dynamism to Kosova."

"We had a lot of international help especially from the EU and USA, which helped us to get out of this phase of emergency, to give some dynamism to Kosova."

Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar Statesman

16

"But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely."

"But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

15

"I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me."

"I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me."

Alfred de Musset, French Writer

11

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

11

"I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake."

"I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

10

"And sometimes to help them we have got to help ourselves."

"And sometimes to help them we have got to help ourselves."

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American Musician

9

"There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can."

"There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can."

Rocco DiSpirito, American Celebrity

9

"If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it."

"If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it."

Hildegard Knef, German Actress

8

"Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go."

"Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go."

Richard Howard, American Poet

Help, Respect, Teachers

8

"I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others."

"I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

8

"Even if what you're working on doesn't go anywhere, it will help you with the next thing you're doing. Make yourself available for something to happen. Give it a shot."

"Even if what you're working on doesn't go anywhere, it will help you with the next thing you're doing. Make yourself available for something to happen. Give it a shot."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

8

"We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really don't want to cry, but I can't help it."

"We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really don't want to cry, but I can't help it."

Dorothy Fields, American Musician

Help, Right, Want, Years

7

"You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can."

"You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can."

George Pataki, American Politician

Help, State, Students

7

"A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him."

"A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him."

Edna St. Vincent Millay, American Author

Help, Hurt, Nothing

7

"For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role."

"For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

7

"Pictures help you to form the mental mold."

"Pictures help you to form the mental mold."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

6

"You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room."

"You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room."

Dr. Seuss, American Writer

6

"This will help us next year with the World Cup. I can imagine a lot of visitors from abroad will be here and asking what happened between 1933 and 1945. A lot of that will come up. I think this will make an important contribution to those discussions."

"This will help us next year with the World Cup. I can imagine a lot of visitors from abroad will be here and asking what happened between 1933 and 1945. A lot of that will come up. I think this will make an important contribution to those discussions."

Otto Schily, German Public Servant

Help, Will, World

6

"I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers."

"I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers."

Nat King Cole, American Musician

Help, Pretty, Wonder

6

"I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff."

"I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff."

Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian Celebrity

6

"Therapy can help you grow. Fears will just disappear."

"Therapy can help you grow. Fears will just disappear."

Stephanie Mills, American Musician

Help, Therapy, Will

6

"My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS."

"My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS."

Teri Garr, American Actress

Help, Now, Want, Word

6

"It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others."

"It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

Help, Kindness, Strangers

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"It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help."

"It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Help, states, United, World

6

"Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you."

"Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you."

Robert Henri, American Artist

Help, Language, Old, Past

6

"I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least."

"I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

5

"Sometimes it's like watching a train wreck. You're uncomfortable, but you just can't help yourself. Some of those so-called bad interviews actually turned into compelling television."

"Sometimes it's like watching a train wreck. You're uncomfortable, but you just can't help yourself. Some of those so-called bad interviews actually turned into compelling television."

Tony Danza, American Actor

Help, Television

5

"When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh."

"When I reflect on how things have changed, I can't help but laugh."

Alexis Korner, English Musician

5

"So yes, I say things I regret constantly, and I just can't help it."

"So yes, I say things I regret constantly, and I just can't help it."

Kathy Griffin, American Comedian

5

"Tracy is more a help to me than I am to her."

"Tracy is more a help to me than I am to her."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

5

"But the main thing is that medication, too, is not all the help."

"But the main thing is that medication, too, is not all the help."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

5

"Reforming the way the state works with businesses and providing incentives for employers will help preserve and create new jobs in Massachusetts."

"Reforming the way the state works with businesses and providing incentives for employers will help preserve and create new jobs in Massachusetts."

Mitt Romney, American Politician

Help, Jobs, State, Will

5

"It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help."

"It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help."

Judith Martin, American Author

5

"If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously."

"If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously."

Ken Kesey, American Author

5

"Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda."

"Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda."

Gustav Heinemann, German Politician

Help, Imperfection, Reality, Today

5

"Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow."

"Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow."

Ernest Gaines, American Writer

Help, Hurt, Order

5

"Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience."

"Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience."

Walter Jon Williams, American Writer

5

"I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help."

"I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help."

Jack Kilby, American Scientist

5

"Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate."

"Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate."

Virgil, Roman Poet

Help, Misfortune

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