#dignity

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

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All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable. ↗

— Paul Claudel

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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. ↗

— Charles G. Dawes

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I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with peace, the well-being of people, and human dignity. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

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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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There is no dignity in television. ↗

— Adam Savage

#television

If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity. ↗

— William Shatner

#down #fool #make #pants #still

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

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