Melissa de la Cruz Quotes
You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.
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I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.
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An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys.
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Israel's days without Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip are gone and will not return.
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I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.
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The more you do for others without expectation of return, the more you'll get back from the most unexpected sources.
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God bids you not to commit lechery, that is, not to have sex with any woman except your wife. You ask of her that she should not have sex with anyone except you -- yet you are not willing to observe the same restraint in return.
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The army will hear nothing of politics from me and in return I expect to hear nothing of politics from the army.
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As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.
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O charitable philosopher, I beg you to help me. My mind is weak but my soul is strong. Kindle that soul, and the sacred fire shall never be extinguished.
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It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where Truth is not the bottom, Nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will peep and betray herself one time or other.
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Do it because it's in your heart. Not because you want something in return. Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Men were considered "free" only so that they might be considered guilty - could be judged and punished: consequently, every act had to be considered as willed, and the origin of every act had to be considered as lying within the consciousness (and thus the most fundamental psychological deception was made the principle of psychology itself).
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One is punished best for one's virtues.
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He who is punished is never he who performed the deed. He is always the scapegoat.
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Be truly whole, and all things will return to you.
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Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.
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Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music.
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It was a really strange experience. It was very creative for Alejandro Amenábar. It was almost like it was the most I ever felt like I was helping someone paint. They had a very clear idea of what they wanted it to look like, sound like, be like. So, there was no operating outside the box. The only way to help him was to try to really be a part of his imagination and try to make it happen. He's a super kind and loving person. So, you wanted to help him. It just was none of my normal ways of helping a director work at all. So, it was a unique experience for me that way.
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Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?" "I guess it depends on how you die.
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I have been drunk now for over two weeks.
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You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.
