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But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. ↗

— Ben Hecht

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Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. ↗

— Heraclitus

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Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. ↗

— Herodotus

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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. ↗

— Herodotus

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It wasn't so much of a controlled effort to end up as part of the Goth scene. ↗

— Kenny Hickey

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We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform the government and uphold the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

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