"Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help."
-Alvin Adams
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"Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.“
-Alvin Adams
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"Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure."
-Alvin Adams
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"How sweet it is!"
-Jackie Gleason
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"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."
-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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"It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week."
-Laurence J. Peter
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"I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic."
-Will Estes
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"Even when I'm playing someone named Fat Amy, I'm all about confidence and attitude."
-Rebel Wilson
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"An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him."
-William Minto
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"I can't believe the pro-choicers attitude toward unborn children-to me it's the ultimate liberal cause, to defend those without a voice."
-Michael Aston
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"The attitude of the actor is his interpretation of what he reads, and the written word is what creates the role in the actor's mind, and I guess in reading the things that were given to me, I reacted as you guys saw me, you know."
-Gene Barry
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"A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people."
-Bessie Head
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"My first feeling about the paper and the attitude is that it is absurd."
-Arthur Holly Compton
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