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If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.
Our team at Duolingo is really cohesive, but this did not just happen. I made a concerted effort to hire people who are going to play nice.
I believe that the very effort to convert anybody is violence, it is interfering in his individuality, in his uniqueness, into his freedom.
Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law.
There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
We are in conflict with the world; otherwise, there would be no necessity to put forth tremendous effort to meet the world and its demands.
Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills.
Charity even for one person does not make sense except in terms of an effort to love all Creation in response to the Creator's love for it.
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
I have had bad times, but I never lost my motivation to work and make an effort so that in the moments I got to play I could be at my best.
The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you've struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.
The combined efforts of millions of concerned citizens could do wonders to help the impoverished. The American people are ready for action!
Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.
I've seen how much effort has to go into a tour, the performance and also how to look after yourself, not just physically, but mentally too.
I will not support efforts that kill jobs in my district and lack provisions for responsibly transitioning us toward a clean-energy economy.
Position yourself to succeed first by building good relationships with the right people; and then put your effort and expertise behind that!
Personal publicity of every kind is utterly distasteful to me, and I have made greater efforts to escape it than most people make to get it.
When we have an effort made at sanctions involving many other nations it has a potential of greater impact on Russia and discouraging Putin.
When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture.
I wasn't nervous at all. I applied the same amount of efforts to the love scenes as I did to the skating and the acting and everything else.
You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of defilements.
I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.
Vision is a destination - a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route - an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.
To say 'well done'to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.
Why it should be such an effort to write to the people one loves I can't imagine. It's none at all to write to those who don't really count.
The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.
Yes, to be a good parent, you have to sacrifice, but this is not a requirement of parenting, it is a requirement of being good at something.
Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.
If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment.
Television is not an easy medium, as keeping the audience glued to the TV screens day after day is something which requires a lot of effort.
I am sure that as soon as speech was invented, efforts to suppress and control it began, and that process of suppression continues unabated.
I believe we must protect Medicares guaranteed benefit, and I will oppose any effort to dismantle Medicare and turn it into a voucher system.
Resisting the powers that be, we are keeping things from getting worse than they otherwise might be. And that effort is very much worthwhile.
Travelers, it is late. Life's sun is going to set. During these brief days that you have strength, be quick and spare no effort of your wings
Design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort so you can get on with the things that matter.
Love born of anxiety resembles a thorn shaped so that efforts to pull it out of one's flesh merely cause it to penetrate more deeply therein.
The way this country deals with drugs is just not funny. What a waste of everyone's time and effort. What a waste of a lot of people's lives.
When I make the effort to pay attention to the sights, sounds and sensations around me, I’m encouraging myself to live in the present moment.
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.
Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the lifeblood of our singular American genius.
The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem.
Much of spirituality today is an effort to change God to suit us. But he's not going to become more like us, we need to become more like him.
But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.
I live by the philosophy that beauty starts from within, and I make a conscious effort to fill my body with nutrients through the food I eat.
It is proof of sincerity, which I value above all things; as, between those who practice it, falsehood and malice work their efforts in vain.
You can't always control the circumstances - only how you react to those circumstances; you can always control your attitude and your effort.
You can't guarantee that you'll make a great movie, but you can make a greater effort than I made at trying to see that the basics are there.
Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.