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    The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.

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We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

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No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

by Sholom Aleichem Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

by Indira Gandhi Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it read more

Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it behooves the witnesses of Christ to say that we do not have to abolish capitalism and establish socialism or communism, that sin can flourish under those systems as well. Christianity is not opposed to any social order, but to sin.

by John H. Mccomb Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of read more

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight that do not supply the Americans with some precious commodity, then the education of the public does not take place. But when the dictator falls, when the oil is threatened, then you turn on the television and they tell you where the country is, what the language is, how to pronounce the names of the leaders, what the religion is all about, and maybe you can cut out recipes in the newspaper of Persian dishes.

by Don Delillo Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him read more

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

by Marian Anderson Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

by Viktor E. Frankl Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!.

by Jack Kerouac Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

by Larry Adler Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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