From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed. — Harry A. Blackmun

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When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.

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Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.

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If you can dream it, you can do it. — Walt Disney

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Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

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If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few. The future depends on what we do in the present

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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. — Albert Einstein

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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. — Simone de Beauvoir

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I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. — Winston Churchill

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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. — Winston Churchill

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