How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let’s not confine ourselves to primary education. Let’s think of early childhood development and education as a whole.
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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