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Respect Quotes
"Debate, but do not argue. Challenge, but do not force your opinions. To win an argument, but lose a friendship, is a loss. To lose an argument, but retain a friendship, is gain."
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"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."
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"I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty."
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"The concept of dignity of labour took people off the street."
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"To be respected, respect others."
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"The important thing to remember, ... is that you are a human being and worthy of respect."
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"In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza."
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"I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material. My hat's off to them."
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"You can disagree with an idea without attacking the person who shared it."
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"Don't let your teeth make you lose respect by permanently keeping them opened for the sake of being friendly."
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"In some cases, I am able to respect what so many call bigots. Such people have a more solid foundation for drawing their lines when it comes to the security of their ways and quite possibly the security of mankind. They rely on something that has worked to get man this far without placing ideals blindly driven by emotion first; they have a sure line and they say, 'No.' That, in a sense, is something I find to be highly respectable."
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"When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title."
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"Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'"
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"There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect."
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"If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly."
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"We can disagree with one another without being raging, judgmental, spiteful, self-righteous lunatics. Can't we?"
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"Consistently turning up for meetings late, is a statement saying you have no respect for the person you are meeting or for the purpose of the meeting, or both. You are sending a clear message that this person or the reason for your meeting is not important to you."
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"The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them."
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"Why spend your time fighting to make a damaging reality work? Be willing to move on from the people and situations that don't serve your heart. You are capable of creating relationships and circumstances rooted in respect, equality and love. But you have to believe you deserve them."
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"The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things."
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"If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill."
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"If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen."
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"If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that."
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"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."
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"Never disregard people, regardless of their beliefs, because we all carry God's likeness."
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"You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself."
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"Another consequence of not knowing the value of what you possess in this case the value of life is that, there would be some other people around you that will better understand what you possess."
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"But, you know, sometimes - many - they all understand. That's the nice thing. They were all very happy for me and they understand why I decided to come to CNN. So in that respect, I know that they think it's the best thing for me to do."
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"If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me."
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"I had a lot of respect for Biggie, and it was just a weird, kinda difficult thing. When I'm doing touchy interviews like that, I just try to be fair to both parties."
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"This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."
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"In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there."
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"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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"Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments."
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"Do not instigate or treat any of your employees, working at your place, with contempt. Treat everyone with respect. You never know what benefit a person will bring."
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"A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king."
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"Only with the honour thus acquired can we earn the respect of our other compatriots as well."
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