The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial, short-term gains.
Al Gore
SacrificeValueDecisionsRoutine
The gospel alone liberates you to live a life of scandalous generosity, unrestrained sacrifice, uncommon valor, and unbounded courage.
Tullian Tchividjian
LifeLiveCourageAloneSacrifice
If there's a country, and it's dangerous, and we deploy a U.S. military man or woman, if there's only one there, and they never leave the capital, that is 'boots on the ground.' We do a disservice to the sacrifice of these people, particularly if they are killed, when we say there's no boots on the ground.
John F. Kelly
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You shouldn't change your behavior because a government agency somewhere is doing the wrong thing. If we sacrifice our values because we're afraid, we don't care very much about those values.
Edward Snowden
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Brotherhood means laying down your life for somebody, really willing to sacrifice yourself for somebody else.
Tim Hetherington
LifeYourselfSacrificeBrotherhood
There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.
Maynard Webb
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I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.
Zubin Mehta
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While Congressional members face the political costs of debate on military action, our service members bear the human costs of those decisions. And if we choose to avoid debate, avoid accountability, avoid a hard decision, how can we demand that our military willingly sacrifice their very lives?
Tim Kaine
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When you lose your passion to be a WWE Superstar, there's no point in going back. It's a lot of work and sacrifice.
Robert Maillet
WorkPassionSacrificeYouLoseWWE
I like to be busy. It's not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more successful you are, the more demands you have. But it's definitely worth the sacrifice.
Venus Williams
SacrificeBusyEasyWorthYouMore
We're used to a story in modern terms as an information delivery device. Certainly on television and even with the studio films, there's really only one note that you get, and that's clarity. And people will sacrifice everything for clarity. They'll sacrifice the joke. They'll sacrifice the moment, or the romance.
Noah Hawley
MomentSacrificePeopleStoryYou
I had a C-section, and I found it fascinating. I didn't find it a sacrifice, and I didn't find it a painful experience. I found it a fascinating miracle of what a body can do.
Angelina Jolie
ExperienceSacrificeBodyFindFound
I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
T. C. Boyle
SacrificeWritingEverythingPoint
Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice.
Marina Abramovic
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Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable, and lawful consideration.
John White Geary
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He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.
Saint Patrick
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Boys are quite often whimsical. Whereas girls are modest by nature and know their responsibilities very well. Their weapons are service, sacrifice, and love, by which they conquer over the males.
Munshi Premchand
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Public discourse about climate change has resulted in the erroneous idea that it's all about cost, burden and sacrifice. If the math was correct, everyone would see it's about profit, jobs and competitive advantage.
Amory Lovins
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The First Amendment is not an altar on which we must sacrifice our children, families, and community standards. Obscene material that is not protected by the First Amendment can and must be prohibited.
Orrin Hatch
CommunityChildrenSacrificeFirst
Life does not stand still for families and local communities when our brave men and women are deployed, but we can make their time apart more bearable by recognizing their sacrifice and fulfilling our commitments to them.
Mark Pryor
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The thing about Steve Rogers, again and again, is sacrifice.
Stephen McFeely
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Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Napoleon Hill
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Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.
Leigh Hunt
HistoryGreatWomanSacrificeSelf
Unfortunately, some younger player doesn't understand that if you want to get through, you have to sacrifice, you have to work hard, and there is no easy way.
Stan Wawrinka
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