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Respect Quotes
"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."
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"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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"I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty."
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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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"The concept of dignity of labour took people off the street."
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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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"I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds."
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"The important thing to remember, ... is that you are a human being and worthy of respect."
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"The crowd paid little or no respect to every player out there tonight."
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"Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not."
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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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"I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me."
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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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"To be respected, respect others."
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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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"When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title."
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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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"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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"Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due."
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"I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them."
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"We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence."
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"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."
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"You deserve respect and appreciation. A person who doesn't have respect for themselves will more than likely not give it to you. You have to set the standard for yourself by not allowing the insolence."
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"You can disagree with an idea without attacking the person who shared it."
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"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."
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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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"Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'"
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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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"I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket."
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"If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal."
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"If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?"
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"To win respect, the networks seem to feel they have to keep absurdly overstating their anchors' reporting cred."
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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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"Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better."
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