#ideal

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism. ↗

— Germaine Greer

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I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self. ↗

— George Grosz

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An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't. ↗

— Sacha Guitry

#charming #faithful #ideal #just #remains

Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level. ↗

— Alexander Haig

#beyond #capability #dare #defined #go

My ideal is to wake up in the morning and run around the meadow naked. ↗

— Daryl Hannah

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The government would be making decisions about what type of care is given, what procedures can be performed, and the kind of medications prescribed. It would be a very profound change from the ideal to which we aspire. ↗

— Nan Hayworth

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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness. ↗

— Sidney Hook

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Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#doing #everyday #ideals #like #living

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#compassion #congress #courage #ever #halls