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I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat. That was until I became one... ↗

— Cathryn Kemp

#addiction #addicts #brave #courage #difficult-life

The French don't seek out alliances except when there are difficulties. ↗

— Eric Rohmer

#except #french #out #seek

Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

#books #compensated #i #large #large numbers

One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#difficult times #escaped #i #life #most

Shame is the demon that keeps many of us trapped in our pain; healing comes when we gain the courage to confront our demon(s). ↗

— J'son M. Lee

#family-drama #family-love #family-relationships #family-values #guilt

The laboratory evidence that carbohydrate-rich diets can cause the body to reain water and so raise blood pressure, just as salt consumption is supposed to do, dates back well over a century ↗

— Gary Taubes

#hypertension #lowcarb #salt #science #sodium

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble. ↗

— Hugh Prather

#am #any #automatically #difficulty #face

No matter whether you believe in luck or chance, the final decision is from yourself. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#cosmic-ordering #law-of-attraction #mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture. ↗

— Quintilian

#barren #consequently #derive #devoid #more

Eating – overeating – saved me. It comforted me when I was at the mercy of grown-ups who didn't know how to give what I needed. Food was something to which I had ready access, and with it I cleverly fashioned a survival mechanism that pulled me back from the edge of insanity. – a young MacGuyver of angst and junk food. ↗

— Kim Brittingham

#dieting #food #food-additction #mental-health #diet