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Where was I? We relied on systems created through the toil and sacrifice of generations before to protect us, and we felt that governments actually worked for our betterment.
Heroes make a choice to fight injustice, to protect the innocent, to put the balance back on the side of the good, no matter how much they sacrifice of themselves.
I couldn't reassure her that her father's ultimate life sacrifice by serving in the United States military as an interpreter would make her more valued as an American citizen.
So instead, we have to make a trade-off: we can zoom in and get the details right, but have no idea what's going on worldwide; or, we could sacrifice realism at small scales in order to see the bigger picture.
And more importantly, I can be sure that as an individual, if I buy a car that may sacrifice me in a very rare case, I'm not the only sucker doing that while everybody else enjoys unconditional protection.
But if the god became unruly and began to ask for human sacrifice, the Igbos would destroy the god.
But to be clear: the boy that I was at that time would have leapt at the chance to be harmed, to sacrifice everything, even life, for a cause.
But around the world, they go into trance in different ways, and in Pakistan, the way they do it is they burn juniper leaves and they sacrifice an animal, pour the blood of the animal on the leaves and then inhale the smoke.
So it's a nice analog for all sorts of environmental issues, where we're asking people to make a sacrifice and they don't really benefit from their own sacrifice.
You really want everybody else to sacrifice, but everybody has a temptation to free ride.
Then I remember the sacrifice of my father, who was tortured so many times for daring to protest against the regime.
We have parents who are willing to sacrifice today so that their kids can have a better future, and those people took notice, too.
Of course, no one wanted to sacrifice themselves, but nor did anyone want to act like Lord Dawn.
At long last, five other gods agreed to sacrifice themselves.
As the last god made the sacrifice, Lord Quetzalcoatl blew the embers of the great fire back to life, and the sun began to move through the sky at last, ushering in the fifth age.
Climate change is usually framed as a looming disaster, bringing losses, cost and sacrifice.
It takes sacrifice.
Since her heroic sacrifice, Noor has been honoured as a hero who waged secret battles behind enemy lines– paving the way for freedom without ever taking a life.
It has taught me about violence and pain and hope and resilience and struggle and sacrifice.
Instead he taught me what he knew: that being a man was about sacrifice and doing whatever you can to take care of and provide for your family.
[Paradise Now] [Man: As long as there is injustice, someone must make a sacrifice!]
[Woman: That's no sacrifice, that's revenge!] [If you kill, there's no difference between victim and occupier.]
What do futures sacrifice for success?
They sacrifice family time.
They sacrifice friend time.
They sacrifice fun time.
They sacrifice personal indulgence.
They sacrifice hobbies.
And they sacrifice sleep.
They fought for their rights for over two centuries, and maybe because they sacrifice other minorities, Hispanic, Asian, we would suffer more in the mainstream.
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