Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Sydney Smith
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What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared. -
If you don't respect me you're not gonna get that respect back. -
I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am. -
I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar, and my fans would not respect me, if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other we have fun together - it's great. -
I certainly respect other people's opinions, but I would not vote for a woman to be the pastor of a church.
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