#overwhelm

He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that. ↗

— Robert Jordan

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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...if you've got writer's block, you aren't empty - maybe it's just like Twitter - overwhelmed, and loading seems to be taking a while... ↗

— John Geddes

#twitter-quotes #wisdom-quote #writer #writer-s-block #writers-quotes

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm. ↗

— Idries Shah

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When we arrived in Japan in 1988, we were not prepared for the overwhelming support shown to us. ↗

— Dennis Banks

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If I get even five per cent of my ideas out and documented before I die, I'll be lucky. I'm not in danger of running out of riffs or ideas anytime soon. They overwhelm me and it's hard to find time to deal with them. ↗

— Jello Biafra

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Sometimes it's overwhelming but I love my fans and it's always great to see them. ↗

— Justin Bieber

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Doonesbury had the requisite and overwhelming influence in 1980, as it did on any college cartoonist who was paying attention, of course. ↗

— Berkeley Breathed

#attention #cartoonist #college #course #did

From watching the news one would think the Iraqis want us out of their country. But an overwhelming majority of Iraqis support our involvement there. Our freedom is contagious and we helped liberate them. ↗

— Jim Bunning

#country #freedom #helped #involvement #iraqis

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. ↗

— John Calvin

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