“What the American people hope - what they deserve - is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our differences; to overcome the numbing weight of our politics. For while the people who sent us here have different backgrounds, different stories, different beliefs, the anxieties they face are the same. The aspirations they hold are shared: a job that pays the bills; a chance to get ahead; most of all, the ability to give their children a better life.” PeopleGivingChildrenDifferentStoriesJobsFacesBeliefDifferencesChanceAbilityPayRepublicanAnxietyDeserveOvercomingWeightBillsDemocratBackgroundsAspirationBetter LifeGet AheadNumbingDifferent BackgroundsDifferent Beliefs Author:Barack Obama
“We still have too many Americans who give in to their fears of those who are different from them. Not so long ago, swastikas were painted on the doors of some African-American members of our Special Forces at Ft. Bragg. They are special forces. They do not deserve to have swastikas on their doors.” GivingLongStillsDifferentForceDoorsSpecialMembersDeserveAfrican AmericanLong AgoSpecial Forces Author:William J. Clinton
“So tenaciously should we cling to the world revealed by the Gospel, that were I to see all the Angels of Heaven coming down to me to tell me something different, not only would I not be tempted to doubt a single syllable, but I would shut my eyes and stop my ears, for they would not deserve to be either seen or heard.” WorldShouldDifferentHumorEyeHeavenReligiousDoubtHeardAngelDeserveEarsTemptedSyllables Author:Martin Luther
“Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: You can survive it... You can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion, and to live both online and off in a more compassionate world.” KnowsWorldNeedsDifferentStoriesSufferingCompassionOne ThingDeserveShameOnlineCompassionateHumiliationAnd OffCompassion For Yourself Author:Monica Lewinsky
“What a lot of people don't understand is that when you change your thinking, when you accept different concepts, then life mirrors those for you. If you can get the concept that you're worthy and loveable and that you deserve to have a better life, life starts bringing those opportunities to you, because that's your belief system.” PeopleIfsThinkingDifferentOpportunityBeliefAcceptingConceptsDeserveMirrorsWorthyBetter LifeBelief Systems Author:Louise Hay
“Yes, NFL players deserve to be paid well. Unfortunately, economic realities are forcing everyone to make tough choices and the NFL is no different. These are not easy negotiations, but the outcome can be positive. If both sides give a little, everyone, including fans, will get a lot and the game will improve through innovation. Even in difficult economic times, a new CBA presents us with the opportunity to secure the future of our game.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesDifferentRealityChoicesOpportunityGamesEasyDifficultSidesPlayerFansEconomicDeserveToughPaidInnovationIncludingSecureOutcomesNflBoth SidesNegotiationBeing PositiveNfl PlayersTough Choices Author:Roger Goodell
“If anybody could put themselves in that situation of feeling a giant loud voice saying you don't deserve the same rights, you are different and you are not equal, it feels really bad.” IfsFeelsDifferentFeelingsVoiceSituationRightsEqualDeserveLoudGiantsLoud Voices Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“The most common reason that I turn down a film project is because of my schedule. If I can't devote the time to a score that it deserves, I'll pass. I'll also turn down a film if its moral position is different than what my own understanding of right and wrong.” IfsI CanDifferentReasonFilmTurnsUnderstandingMy OwnCommonMoralPositionProjectsDeserveScoreSchedules Author:John Keltonic
“If anti-Semitism is a variety of racism, it is a most peculiar variety, with many unique characteristics. In my view as a historian, it is so peculiar that it deserves to be placed in a quite different category. I would call it an intellectual disease, a disease of the mind, extremely infectious and massively destructive.” IfsMindDifferentViewsDiseaseUniqueIntellectualRacismDeserveVarietyCharacteristicsDestructiveCategoriesHistorianPeculiarAnti SemitismUnique Characteristics Author:Paul Johnson
“We don't know the spiritual advancements long-term veganism - over generations - would have for human life. It would be certainly a different civilisation, and the first one in the whole of our history that would truly deserve the title of being a civilisation.” KnowsFirstsHumansLongDifferentWholeWould BeSpiritualTermGenerationsDeserveTitlesHuman LifeLong TermAdvancementVeganismCivilisation Author:Donald Watson
“People find pressure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the things that happen to them. In accepting and welcoming everything I see. In treating each thing as it deserves.” PeopleWayMindDifferentHappensAcceptingClearDeservePressureWelcomeDifferent Ways Author:Marcus Aurelius
“If you're really a good writer and deserve that honored position, then by God, you'll write, and you'll be read, and you'll be produced somehow. It just works that way. If you're just a simple ordinary day-to-day craftsman, no different than most, then the likelihood is that you probably won't make it in writing.” IfsWayWritingDifferentSimplePositionOrdinaryDeserveDay To DayHonoredGood WritersLikelihoodCraftsmanOrdinary Days Author:Rod Serling
“With Aquaman I worked with such talented guys, Ivan Reis and Joe Prado. And he's a great character. I mean, Aquaman's a great character, he just hasn't been positioned in a role of importance in a long, long time. We tried to do that in this series; give him this platform because he deserves it, and give a very different perception of Aquaman while at the same time staying true to who the character is. Showing his power level, his fortitude, his sense of honor and commitment and responsibility, and hopefully showing everything that makes a hero a hero.” GivingMeanLongDifferentCharacterGuyLevelsResponsibilityRolesHeroHonorPerceptionLong TimeDeserveCommitmentImportanceSeriesHopefullyStayingPlatformsFortitudeStay TrueGreat CharacterDifferent Perceptions Author:Geoff Johns
“Any writer who could handle all these different voices would deserve high praise, but to do so without any sense of jarring or incoherence is an extraordinary accomplishment.” DifferentVoiceDeservePraiseExtraordinaryHandleAccomplishmentDifferent VoicesIncoherence Author:Philip Kitcher
“I can only display what I've been nurtured with, which is this worldview which has become my view. If I displayed anything different from it in my work, I wouldn't deserve this heritage.” IfsI CanDifferentViewsDeserveHeritageDisplayWorldview Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I feel like I'm being put inside a box, and I'm not necessarily getting a chance. Like I'm not getting the shot that I deserve. So that's what Rare is about 'cause I feel because I am the way that I am, and I don't necessarily fit the mold of a lot of different artists that's out, it's like I'm not getting the chance to show what I can do. So, that's basically all the frustration of that, and everything is pretty much Rare for me anyway.” WayFeelsI CanDifferentShowsArtistCausesCan DoChanceFitShotsDeserveBoxesFrustrationMold Author:PJ Harvey
“I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn't a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn't deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.” KindDifferentFeltAttitudePaintingDeservePaintPainterShyDifferent KindsAdopted Author:Black Francis
“I think different struggles in life, not knowing how to deal with certain things that have happened in my life made me doubt myself. Painful moments in your life can cause you to go into a state of depression where you don't believe that you deserve anything good in your life. You forget what you were created for. But after a while I just got tired of feeling like that.” ThinkingBelieveDifferentMomentsFeelingsForgetStruggleDoubtDeserveTiredPainfulLife Struggle Author:Brandy Norwood
“I don't want to do a gimmick. It's a bummer that that's how it is. I would say, personally speaking, consuming music now is harder than it was before. It's like being stuck in a slot machine. There's just so much noise. It's just constant noise. It's harder to clear your head and give the time to music that a lot of it really deserves. It's really crazy how different your relationship to an album or music becomes, even if it's digital, if you spend the $7 to $10 on it. It forms this relationship where you're not just going to throw it away.” GivingDifferentCrazyMusic IsDeserveStuckOur Relationship Author:Ed Droste
“I think when you look at every other religion all over the world - its works based - you have to earn your way to the Kingdom. With Jesus, it's so different because we, Christians, didn't do anything to deserve Him. He literally died for us and saved us! There's nothing else like that in the world. There is no other God like that! That's why I believe in Him! And I'm thankful its not up to me, because I fail every single day but He's there to give us grace - and that's an amazing thing!” ThinkingWorldGivingBelieveDifferentChristianJesusI BelieveGraceFailingDeserve Author:Clayton Kershaw
“The Simpsons and Futurama are such big projects, going on for years and working in different media, that everything involved with them, promotion and merchandise and online presence and all the rest, deserve to be scrutinized, so that's part of it. I have a great deal of sympathy for anyone at the core of a multimedia juggernaut, even if you might not care for the specific pop-culture invasion of your brain. The people who do it work really hard.” PeopleDifferentCareBrainDeserveOnlinePromotion Author:Matt Groening
“The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or — if they think there is not — at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenTryingDoeDifferentChristianChristSunPositionPleaseDeserveShiningMereBe GoodGods WillGood ManApprovalRoofGreenhousesSun ShinesShine On Book:The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics Source: The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics
“For those who pass it without entering, the city is one thing; it is another for those who are trapped by it and never leave. There is the city where you arrive for the first time; and there is another city which you leave never to return. Each deserves a different name; perhaps I have already spoken of Irene under other names; perhaps I have spoken only of Irene.” FirstsDifferentNamesCitiesOne ThingReturnDeserveFirst TimeTrappedEnteringDifferent Names Book:Invisible Cities Source: Invisible Cities
“God saves - but not now, and not here. His salvation is on layaway. Like all grifters, He asks you to pay now and take it on faith that you will receive later. Whereas women offer a different sort of salvation, more immediate and fulfilling. They don't put off their love for a distant, ill-defined eternity but make a gift of it in the here and now, frequently to those who deserve it least. So it was in my case. So it is for many. The devil and woman have been allies against God from the beginning.” Has BeensDifferentAsksPayCasesOffersDevilDeserveEternitySalvationIllDefinedAlliesFulfillingHere And Now Author:Joe Hill
“It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb. There's always gonna be people that are scared of it. But at the end of the day you give those bullies, those people, that are so ignorant, if you give them the power to affect you, you're letting them win. And they don't deserve that. What you're doing by being yourself is you're keeping it real, and you're being really brave.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingDifferentRealEndsHardSeemsWinningDeserveToughBraveScaredIgnorantGet BetterBeing YourselfClimbsThe End Of The DayBullyingBeing RealBullyBeing DifferentBulliedIt Gets BetterBeing BulliedKeeping It RealBullying InspirationalInspirational Bullying Author:Adam Lambert
“Gratitude is the intention to count-your-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that you need or deserve different circumstances.” NeedsDifferentBeliefMinutesCircumstancesGratitudeBlessingDeserveIntentionAvoidingCount Your Blessings Author:Timothy Miller
“If someone needs to express their gender in a way that is different, that is okay, and they should not be denied healthcare. They should not be bullied. They don’t deserve to be victims of violence. … That’s what people need to understand, that it’s okay and that if you are uncomfortable with it, then you need to look at yourself.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsShouldLooksDifferentInspiringViolenceDeserveOkayVictimEqualityGenderCivil RightsUncomfortableDeniedHealthcareBulliedLook At Yourself Author:Laverne Cox
“Jesus loves you and your partner and wants you to know how much he cares! That's like a daddy not loving his lil boy cuz he's gay and that is wrong and very sad! Like I said, everyone deserves to be happy. I am a Christian and I love you - gay or not. Because you are no different that anyone else! We are all God's children!” KnowsWantChildrenSaidDifferentCareChristianJesusBoysKnow HowLove YouGayDeservePartnersDaddyGay MarriageVery SadJesus LoveCuzJesus Loves YouDeserve To Be Happy Author:Miley Cyrus