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“What I didn't understand was that the personal and the political go together. I felt at the time I had to sacrifice my children's present for their future. It seemed an either/or. I didn't realise that by being with one's own children I would have had a better understanding of the ones who are not my own. I was thinking of them but I didn't spend the time that they needed from me. It's a tribute to them that they came out so well.”

Thinking Wells Children Together Political Felt Understanding My Own Sacrifice Needed My Children Realising Tribute Either Or

Author:Vanessa Redgrave

“What we deplore is not that the gate of western knowledge was thrown open to Indians, but that such knowledge was imported to India at the sacrifice of our own cultural heritage. What was needed was a proper synthesis between the two systems and not neglect, far less destruction, of the Indian base.”

Two Sacrifice Needed Destruction India Western Indian Thrown Gates Neglect Heritage Synthesis Cultural Heritage

Author:Syama Prasad Mukherjee

“I think there are definite parallels between sport and art. There's a real sense of sacrifice. There's a real sense of dedication that is needed in sport that I think you can attribute to art. I think so much of it is about bravery and courage, being an actor.”

Thinking Art Real Actors Sports Sacrifice Needed Bravery Attributes Dedication Definite Parallels Bravery And Courage

Author:Matt Smith

“There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two, there is another merit that glorifies both man and woman: so much loving the homeland to an extent with being ready to sacrifice his/her life, if needed. Turks are such courageous and virtuous people. That is why you can kill a Turk but you can never defeat them.”

People Ifs Men Persons Two Sacrifice Ready Needed Men And Women Defeat Merit Courageous Virtuous Homeland Glorify

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“All the money needed to send and support an army of self-sacrificing, joy-spreading ambassadors is already in the church.”

Self Joy Church Support Sacrifice Needed Army Missions Missionary Ambassadors

Book:Don't Waste Your Life

Source: Don't Waste Your Life

“I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. My grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. She never got a college education, even though she was smart as a whip. And she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass ceiling. She trained people who would end up becoming her bosses during the course of her career.”

“What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.”

Men World Littles Dies Individual Freedom Liberty Sacrifice Needed Curiosity Individuality Curious Phenomenon Bondage

Book:It's a Good Old World: Being a Collection of Little Essays on Various Subjects of Human Interest

Source: It's a Good Old World: Being a Collection of Little Essays on Various Subjects of Human Interest

“There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.”

World Life Littles Behinds Silence Sacrifice Sweet Needed Quiet Sitting Shadow Leaving Corners Shy Cricket Little Women Beth

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“Although some men who were easy with their words said that it was worth sacrificing one’s life for a night of love with such an arousing woman, the truth was that no one made any effort to do so. Perhaps, not only to attain her but also to conjure away her dangers, all that was needed was a feeling as primitive and as simple as that of love, but that was the only thing that did not occur to anyone.”

Men Made Said Feelings Night Easy Simple Effort Sacrifice Danger Needed Primitive

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.”

Sacrifice Needed Integrity Offers Tricks Negotiation

Author:Ivan Goncharov

“This is not a love story. It is my life, and as such, there is love, loss, war, death, and sacrifice. It's about things that needed to be done and choices made. I regret nothing.”

Made War Done Stories Choices Loss Sacrifice Regret Needed Love Story I Regret Love Loss Choices Made Regret Nothing

Book:Devil's Punch: A Corine Solomon Novel

Source: Devil's Punch: A Corine Solomon Novel

“Mr. Harinton was real. There were adults in the world who would actually make sacrifices for others - not just for their own families but for anyone who needed help. Nicholas had always had the impression that families looked after one another, and he had come to understand that, on rare ocassions, children would do the same... But this was different. What Mr. Harinton was doing certainly helped Nicolas - but it also simply felt right to Nicholas. It made him want to be exactly like Mr. Harinton himself.”

World Want Children Made Different Real Helping Felt Sacrifice Needed Adults Impression Sacrifice For Others Needed Help

Author:Trenton Lee Stewart