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The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

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I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order. ↗

— Rick Moody

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I really wasn't equipped to be a writer when I left Oxford. But then I set out to learn. I've always had the highest regard for the craft. I've always felt it was work. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

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Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. ↗

— Theodore Parker

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Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding. ↗

— David Hume

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The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows. ↗

— Fiona Apple

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I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

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