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take to heart



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Be deeply moved or affected or upset by, as in I know you'll take these comments about your story to heart , or She really took that college rejection to heart . [c. 1300]
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The prose is as famous as it is cliched, but Niemöller’s message is the same one that we Christians take to heart during Holy Week.

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“While I have not engaged in any misconduct, I have learned from this experience and understand how I can do better, and certainly, I will take to heart any feedback,” Hagekhalil said.

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With all respect to Didion, Davis and the other literary legends who have written about our devil winds and fires, that’s the quote Southern Californians should take to heart right now.

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Unity and mutual assistance are the messages the city should take to heart, not throwing stones at the easiest target while she, and all of us, still have a job to do.

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They are accused of ignoring environmental concerns and taking to heart an age-old saying: "There is no land in Ghana which doesn’t have gold, even in the top soil. Ghana is gold."

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