939 private quotes tagged respect

“I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.” — Jim Carrey

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“I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, but in the frame of our common rules of secularism.” — Francois Hollande

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“The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.” — E. M. Forster

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“Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.” — Gamaliel Bailey

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“I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church.” — Charles Stanley

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“If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.” — Gabrielle Union

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“Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.” — Alice Miller

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“In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they're cool, they get respect.” — Danny McBride

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“I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal.” — J. K. Rowling

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“If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.” — John W. Gardner

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“I'm an atheist, but I'm very relaxed about it. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawkins who do.” — Daniel Radcliffe

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“People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.” — David Duchovny

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“Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'.” — Joan Rivers

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“'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.” — J. K. Rowling

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“We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.” — Davy Crockett

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“You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.” — Nicole Kidman

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“You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.” — K. D. Lang

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“Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.” — Luther Campbell

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“To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.” — Stendhal

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“I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.” — Taylor Swift

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“I deserve respect for the things I did not do.” — Dan Quayle

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“Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.” — Rita Rudner

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“Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.” — Barry Bonds

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“I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicised.” — Christopher Hitchens

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“I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.” — Malcolm X

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