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Not only did God deliver me from the bondage of alcoholism, he also blessed my family financially because of my commitment to honor what he had done for me and for not doing what I believed could possibly be destructive to others. ↗

— Richard Kiel

#also #because #believed #blessed #bondage

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#been #eyes #freedom #grown-up #look

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#compensation #demand #freedom of speech #people #seldom

We look up to see if it is day or night. If stars burn cool and moon does shine, we take to smoke divine and wine. If breath of sun does belch its heat, we boil coffee and prepare to eat. ↗

— Roman Payne

#coffee #day #drinking #eat #food

People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#complaint #even #me #people #poorly

Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#concepts #histories #homesickness #incapable #individuals

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man and two women. They do not leave me with the feeling I have made a full theatrical meal they do not give me the experience of the multiplicity of life. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#deals #experience #feeling #full #give

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#around #blood #come #desert #distrust

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking? ↗

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

#fraternity #liberty #manner #people #really

I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it. ↗

— Laura Kightlinger

#detest #goal #i #indecent #like