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Cesar Chavez Quotes: The strike and the boycott, they have cost us much. What they have not paid us in wages, better working conditions, and new contracts, they have paid us in self-respect and human dignity.
         

The strike and the boycott, they have cost us much. What they have not paid us in wages, better working conditions, and new contracts, they have paid us in self-respect and human dignity.


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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.



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True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.



The people united will never be defeated.

The people united will never be defeated.



Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.



Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.

Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.



Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.



In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.



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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.



A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.

A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.



If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.





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Beulah has a husband?' I know. It's a miracle. There can't be more than two people on the planet who'd be willing to sleep with her, and here we are both in the same town.



This is an eternal and fundamental principle, inherent in all things, in every system of philosophy, in every religion, and in every science. There is no getting away from the law of love.

This is an eternal and fundamental principle, inherent in all things, in every system of philosophy, in every religion, and in every science. There is no getting away from the law of love.



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I see that mankind still survives after all its attempts to destroy itself and so I surmise that it is the law of love that rules mankind.



But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.

But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.



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I have a goal to be just the most craziest person of all time. And when I say craziest, I mean, like, I want to do like Olympic-level things. I want to be the most durable person on the planet.



I thought, it's a shame that we have to live, but it's a tragedy that we get to live only one life, because if I'd had two lives, I would have spent one of them with her.

I thought, it's a shame that we have to live, but it's a tragedy that we get to live only one life, because if I'd had two lives, I would have spent one of them with her.



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What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.



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There's no doubt about it; playing football and how tough it is on the body afterwards.




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