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Terry Fox Quotes: It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.
         

It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.


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I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try.

I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try.



Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going.

Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going.



I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done.

I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done.



I'm not a dreamer... but I believe in miracles. I have to

I'm not a dreamer... but I believe in miracles. I have to



I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.

I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.



Dreams are made possible if you try.

Dreams are made possible if you try.



How many people ever get a chance to do something that they really believe in?

How many people ever get a chance to do something that they really believe in?



I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times and it doesn't hurt a bit.

I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times and it doesn't hurt a bit.



I remember promising myself that should I live I would prove myself deserving of life.

I remember promising myself that should I live I would prove myself deserving of life.



I do what I do for the people who believe in me, not for the jerks who don't.

I do what I do for the people who believe in me, not for the jerks who don't.





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What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet.

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Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.

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The increasing mistrust between the Arab-Muslim peoples and the western world is rooted in the conflict in Palestine.

The increasing mistrust between the Arab-Muslim peoples and the western world is rooted in the conflict in Palestine.



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It pays to remember that societies get what they deserve, not what they expect.



Planning is bringing the future into the present.

Planning is bringing the future into the present.



Ship me somewhere east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raisea thirst.

Ship me somewhere east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raisea thirst.



And Thames and all the rivers of the kings Ran into Mississippi and were drowned. They planted England with a stubborn trust But the cleft dust was never English dust.

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