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Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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BAIT GOAT There is a distance where magnets pull, we feel, having held them back. Likewise there is a distance where words attract. Set one out like a bait goat and wait and seven others will approach. But watch out: roving packs can pull your word away. You find your stake yanked and some rough bunch to thank. ↗

— Kay Ryan

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Don't Spit in the Soup, We All Gotta Eat ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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How do you explain to your friend's mother why a night out with friends has left her daughter dying from an ecstasy overdose? ↗

— A.C. Flanagan

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...People would make the decisions they wished to make and some of them would hurt both themselves and those who loved them, and some would pass unnoticed, while others would bring joy. ↗

— Rachel Joyce

#love

Once you are a butterfly, you can really love – the kind of love that makes a new life. It’s better than all the hugging caterpillars can do. ↗

— Trina Paulus

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There is nothing sexier than sword fight. ↗

— Stana Katic

#banter #brain-sex #debate #discussion #love

I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#richard-feynmann #self-value #thought-provoking #values-in-life #inspirational

We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome. ↗

— Richard Bach

#religion #thought-provoking #inspirational

Hatred only tarnishes the soul that carries it. ↗

— D.B. Harrop

#hatred #inspirational #inspirational-quotes #life-lessons #love