The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.
I know personally that being a conservative minority is a test of character. Identity, after all, is an integral and cherished part of the self.
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.
When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilience, they are eventually embraced and even cherished.
I will argue that every scrap of biological diversity is priceless, to be learned and cherished, and never to be surrendered without a struggle.
Recognise excellence. Celebrate weirdness and innovation. Oddballs should be cherished, if they can do something other people can't do.
One of the most cherished photographs in my life is a picture of me with John Lennon - who I met back in 1971 at an anti-war rally.
The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.
When you start falling for somebody and you can't stop thinking about when you're going to see them again, I love that. Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected.
The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it.
Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.
I maintain that Western popular culture at its best is worthy of respect and should be cherished as much as the operas of Wagner.
I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.
The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.
Sometimes forgiveness is the hardest thing to give, but the most cherished thing to receive.
At a certain point, the soul exits from a cherished photograph, because we have come to the end of our loving projection into that moment.
Of all the relationships in my life, the one with my brother is most cherished. He was my first friend, partner in crime, shoulder to cry on and always the wind beneath my wings.
When all is said and done, science actually takes hard work and a willingness to sometimes find out that your most cherished hypothesis is wrong.
One of Netscape's main attractions to customers from Day One is that we provide alternatives. And that's cherished by many customers - certainly not all.
Each faithful young woman in the Church proclaims that individual worth is one of her most cherished values.
Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of those things, and haven't shied away from that.
Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.
Occasions when you can change your mind should be cherished, because they mean you're smarter than you were before.
After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished?
Liberation and equal-rights issues notwithstanding, it was a man's job to make a woman feel cherished and respected.
Everywhere, across continents, Gandhiji is mentioned, cherished and remembered as an icon for all humanity. He is the embodiment of India.
A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race.
I think bookstore browsing will become more cherished as time goes on because it can't be replicated virtually.
How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words.
We all want love. We all want to be taken care of and supported and cherished.
To have someone who's got a strong individual voice that is allowed to be heard is quite increasingly rare. These people need to be cherished.
Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.
I returned to India after long years of international service, because I had always cherished the desire to make a difference in my own country.
One day at my grandmother's house, I discovered 'The Secret Garden' and read it. This was the first book I found entirely for myself, and I cherished it.
From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.
There is no ONE right way, no ONE sure-fire path to success, and it is usually the path itself that should be most cherished.
My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.
Why is it that when it comes to our most cherished social goal [health care], we not only tolerate poor execution, sometimes we even celebrate it?
Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow.
Whether it is considered from the viewpoint of its effect on society, or as one of the expressions of the human spirit, creativity stands out as an activity to be studied, cherished, and cultivated.
John would have been the first white rapper. And also he would have cherished the Internet.
I have a whole box full of pieces of the Berlin Wall and a heart made from the barbed wire of the Iron Curtain. It's - they're cherished treasures to me now, of course.
I am so grateful for my beautiful life. I am cherished and loved. And I share my love and joy with everyone.
I cherished every moment with the national team - the good ones and the bad ones - because you learn from your mistakes.
A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.
Patents have long served as a fundamental cog in the American machine, cherished in our national soul.
I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task.
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
This season is my most special and most cherished. All my focus is on getting that championship back here.
Israel is an inspiration, a trusted ally and a cherished friend. The United States will always stand by its side.
Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do
I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching.
In pursuing the cherished goal of gender justice, to mention one example, the Supreme Court of India has always been proactive and progressive.
My parents split when I was one-year old and I haven't lived with my father since. He is a creative spirit and has always cherished his independence.
I can now rejoice even in the falsification of a cherished theory, because even this is a scientific success.
American individualism, much celebrated and cherished, has developed without its essential corrective, which is belonging.
A truly submissive woman is to be treasured, cherished and protected for it is only she who can give a man the gift of dominance.
Philosophy begins when one learns to doubt -- particularly to doubt one's cherished beliefs, one's dogmas and one's axioms.
Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God.
Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.
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