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New vows to plight, and plighted vows to break.
The plight of modern man is that he is condemmed to be free.
My hand and pen are not in plight, As they have been of yore.
Farmer's plight and dismal condition of common man in Punjab forced me to join politics.
For me, the path of failure exceeded by far the joys of success. My plight was hopeless.
We cannot stay enveloped in our own reality and turn a blind eye to the plight of others.
The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.
As an Iranian woman and activist, Sotoudeh's plight resonated with me on a deeply personal level.
Empathy for the plight of the Goddess may be essential in seeing how to face our own plight on Earth.
The simplest and bravest way to counter the plight of disheartenment is to move toward what is precious.
If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry.
I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day at a time.
It's not very hip to consider the plight of single women who yearn for something so old-fashioned as men.
What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.
I've always been partial to werewolves, perhaps because there's a desperation to their plight that resonates.
I think any time you're able to humanize the plight of the wrongfully incarcerated, then you're doing your job.
Look at the plight of a devotee. One cannot even use the name of his favourite God. What sort of democracy is this?
If you follow my tweets, you know, my attention and anxiety have been increasingly focused on the plight of our democracy.
The true way generally when people don't understand your plight is when you decide to exercise your buying power elsewhere.
I think Hillary [Clinton] has [woken up to the plight of the middle class] and is working toward it in a democratic process.
I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
The plight of uninsured children, elderly persons, and so many others whose lack of health insurance is genuinely a national scandal.
The E.U. should pay more attention to the plight of African nations hosting large numbers of refugees themselves - at times for decades.
Through my work with PETA, I have learned a great deal about chimpanzee behavior and the plight of chimpanzees imprisoned in laboratories.
I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.
The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers from it.
There also is the plight that comes from natural disasters; these natural disasters could be alleviated or dealt with; we only need some time to do it.
We have a moral obligation to assist those fleeing religious persecution and to no longer turn a blind eye to the plight of our Christian brothers abroad.
It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.
The technical stuff is easy to deal with, it's just supplemental to the plight - it's not a real thing, it's just background to what we're really trying to do.
The Israelis have suffered a great deal, we must condemn suicide bombers, and we must never say that the plight of the Palestinians justifies this terrible thing.
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.
Steve worked tirelessly to promote conservation, wildlife, and the environment, and his work enabled the plight of endangered species to reach a whole new audience.
Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story I choose to tell. In fact, it almost certainly will.
As a cognitive neuroscientist and scholar of reading, I am particularly concerned with the plight of the reading brain as it encounters this technologically rich society.
Our condition as men is risky and ticklish enough. One can not be sure of himself and his fortune an hour, but he may be whisked off into some pitiable or ridiculous plight.
I'm a political poet - let us say a 'human' poet, a poet that's concerned with the plight of people who suffer. If words can be of assistance, then that's what I'm going to use.
The U.S.' refusal to acknowledge the plight of displaced Haitians and maintaining inhumane practices of neglect, disrespect, and violence amounts to a gross violation of human rights.
Live Below the Line raises real money to help the world's poorest people, but it is also a symbolic demonstration aimed at highlighting - not replicating - the plight of the world's poor.
Government is rather ill-suited and poorly equipped to alleviate the plight of the poor. It lacks moral rules or standards, and is devoid of basic principles in economic and social matters.
How do we know that Moses was grown up? Because he went out unto his brethren, and was ready to bear the burdens and share the plight of his people. Maturity is sensitivity to human suffering.
In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day.
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.
Bedeviled, human, your plight, in waking, is to choose from the words that even now sleep on your tongue, and to know that tangled among them and terribly new is the sentence that could change your life.
I don't condone anyone causing damage in my name, or doing anything malicious in support of my plight. There are more productive ways to help me. As a hacker myself, I never intentionally damaged anything.
LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight.
If we are going to try to get across to the poorest people in the world that we care about their plight and we want them to join one world with the rest of us, we have got to make promises and keep promises.
Chronically insecure people easily lose their altruism, tolerance, and respect for non-conformity. If they have no alternative on offer, they can be led to attribute their plight to strangers in their midst.
The plight of the terrified Central American children who have flooded across the U.S. border to escape violence and poverty in their homelands has launched a passionate and often bitter debate in Washington.