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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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"You can disagree with an idea without attacking the person who shared it."
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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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"I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty."
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"The important thing to remember, ... is that you are a human being and worthy of respect."
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"Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due."
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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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"We can disagree with one another without being raging, judgmental, spiteful, self-righteous lunatics. Can't we?"
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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 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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"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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"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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"Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better."
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"The concept of dignity of labour took people off the street."
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"I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity."
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"We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence."
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"You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect."
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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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"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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"The cross is the centre of all this in every respect."
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"I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them."
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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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"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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"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 crowd paid little or no respect to every player out there tonight."
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"Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'"
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"I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries."
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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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