#dignity

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. ↗

— Charles G. Dawes

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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. ↗

— Washington Irving

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It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this. ↗

— Quincy Jones

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Watching a person lose their dignity used to be uncomfortable, and now it's an expected part of the program that we're becoming comfortable with. ↗

— Lisa Kudrow

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That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity. ↗

— Hans Kung

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To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. ↗

— George Santayana

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Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself. ↗

— George Santayana

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The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. ↗

— George Santayana

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Women of every age and size really just want to look sexy, while retaining their power and dignity. ↗

— L'Wren Scott

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To our Palestinian neighbours, I assure you that we have a genuine intention to respect your right to live independently and in dignity. I have already said that Israel has no desire to continue to govern over you and control your fate. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

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