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I voluntarily inflicted a certain level of insanity on myself. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

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I wouldn't inflict my naked body on any paying audience. ↗

— Richard Griffiths

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Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation. ↗

— John Yoo

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Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

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There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict. ↗

— Fannie Lou Hamer

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If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you. ↗

— William Irwin Thompson

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Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

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We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians. We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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