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Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Injustice, Economic, Cause

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James

Art, Wise, Knowing

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?
Anais Nin

Love, Friendship, Real

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
William James

Wisdom, Learning

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.
Sigmund Freud

Impossible, Instinct, Built

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
William James

Genius, Essence

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
Pope John XXIII

Great, Everything, Deal

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
Edmund Burke

Society, Gospel, Adultery

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.
Horace Mann

Good, Evil, Often

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
Edith Wharton

After, Others, Rather

You can never overlook a guy.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person and the murdered person's family.
Dennis Prager

Life, Family, Society

As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.
Lauryn Hill

Health, Society, Care

I think the 'New York Times' reviews overall tend to overlook popular fiction, whether you're a man, woman, white, black, purple or pink. I think there are a lot of readers who would like to see reviews that belong in the range of commercial fiction.
Jodi Picoult

Woman, Black, Times

What if the invasion forces will not leave our lands? What if the U.S. forces and others stay in our beloved lands? What if their companies and embassy headquarters will continue to exist with the American flags hoisted on them? Will you be silent? Will you overlook this?
Muqtada al Sadr

Others, American, Leave

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.
Oscar Arias Sanchez

Work, Peace, Live

With all of the holiday cheer in the air, it's easy to overlook the ingredients in the foods. Ingredients such as salt, sugar, and fat - all of which leads to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, and cancer.
Lee Haney

Heart, Easy, High

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.
Hugh Prather

Hate, Long, Negative

Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.
Fred Thompson

Finance, Fact, Though

I really was a fan of his and always have been - his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot of times overlook that part, because he kind of got into that party character so heavy.
Alan Jackson

Character, Writing, Times

Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism.
Jurgen Habermas

Today, Political, Religious

Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.
Gustav Stresemann

War, End, Nothing

A major one which no one can overlook is technological and based on inventions and discoveries which have altered the whole basis of production and deeply affected social relations.
Emily Greene Balch

Whole, Social, Based

I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates the return of the prodigal son but also creates new sources of friction here and there.
Hjalmar Branting

Political, Free, Son

Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them.
Norman Lamm

May, Found, Modern

One tends to overlook the fact that all during the 30's and actually during the late 40's I was a highly successful writer and a great many properties accumulated during that period of time.
L. Ron Hubbard

Time, Great, Successful

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters.
Jan de Bont

Movies, Real, Characters

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.
W. G. Sebald

Time, Forget, Eyes

I will overlook bad behavior if I know that people's intentions are good. I have this belief that people really can do good things and that people want to be good.
Elizabeth Mitchell

Good, Bad, Belief

When discussing overall impacts on employment, it is important not to overlook the new technologies and industries that can be driven by pollution control standards.
Gina McCarthy

Important, Control, Standards

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