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Respect Quotes
"I gritted my teeth and forced myself to calm down.'You're the only person I let talk to me this way. You know what would happen if you were anyone else?"
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"The First Mobile, if one is sent, must be warned that unless he is very self-assured, or senile, his pride will suffer. A man wants his virility regarded, a woman wants her femininity appreciated, however indirect and subtle the indications of regard and appreciation. On Winter they will not exist. One is respected and judged only as a human being. It is an appalling experience."
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"I believe in the importance of learning from what has been discovered before. And in how precious health is, and how hard I must work to preserve it in all my Clanmates. The fact that the world of signs, omens, and dreams that have hidden meanings is closed to me doesn't feel like something is missing, Mistystar. I respect what you believe. You must respect what matters to me."
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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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"Pretty?' I said, swivelling in the driver's seat to face him, 'you want to ask me out because I'm pretty?' 'Is there a problem with asking you out because you're pretty?' 'I think you blew it,' said Tiger with a grin. 'You should be asking her out because she's smart, witty, mature beyond her years and every moment in her company makes you want to be a better person - pretty of face should be at the bottom of the list.' 'Oh, blast,' said Perkins despondently. 'It should, shouldn't it?"
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"To be respected, respect others."
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"I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven - that's none of my business, ultimately. I won't lecture her on the philosophy of science."
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"I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect."
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"I respect him. He has brains and character; and that, I may tell you, is a very unusual combination."
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"A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could."
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"Respect? Of course, always, to all, because everything seems funnier when you're trying to show respect."
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"You are the first person who you should treat with humility. Respect yourself and let it overflow to others."
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"It' is for objects, not people."
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"I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture."
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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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"Relationships formed through Jiu Jitsu are deeply rooted in respect for one another, and this is often not the case in matters of modern society."
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"I see stunning men walking on the street everyday. Some walk shirtless because it's hot and they feel more comfortable that way. Do I scream out at them, beep at them or whistle? No, I smile to myself in appreciation of them and drive on by. Why? Because I believe they have the right to go about their lives without me imposing my sexual desire upon them."
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"Respect... is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique."
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"I also dislike people who try to talk down to my understanding. they are like people who when walking with you try to shorten their steps to suit yours, hypocrisy in both cases is equally exasperating."
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"Tolerance. In all my years of debating politics and religion no mind was changed with derision and no thought convicted by way of harshness. You have no right to demand tolerance while deriding others and their beliefs in the process. Want tolerance? Extend it. You'll be surprised because given it, people will actually listen."
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"If people respect your age and not your personality, then it's time for you to do some urgent introspection."
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"Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell."
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"To belittle, you have to be little."
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"Never pay attention to someone who has not earned your respect."
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"The country inspector's face had shown his intense amazement at the rapid and masterful progress of Holmes' investigation. At first he had shown some disposition to assert his own position, but now he was overcome with admiration, and ready to follow without question wherever Holmes lead."
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"Always be respectful and open-minded when listening to another man's beliefs. What you reject today could be your mantra tomorrow. Man's evolution is all about transformations. An unexpected experience you have one day can change you forever."
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"His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that."
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"He may be a nobody to you, but he's a somebody to someone else!"
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"Never disregard people, regardless of their beliefs, because we all carry God's likeness."
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"It must be lovely to be grown up, Marilla, when just being treated as if you were is so nice...Well, anyway, when I grow up, I'm always going to talk to little girls as if they were, too, and I'll never laugh when they use big words."
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"Respect elders; protect children. This I do believe. As a young man it is sometimes, in a charitable sense, difficult to shake the sentiment that every elderly person is my grandparent, and every child is my child."
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"What is absolute humility (param vinaya)? It is on the one who has not disrespected anyone in the slightest! Absolute humility lies where there is no dispute, no difference of opinion or any law. Law is bondage."
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