Havelock Ellis Quotes
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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Getting toxic lead out of gasoline, the oil industry shouted, would cost a dollar a gallon. It turned out to cost just a penny a gallon to protect hundreds of thousands of kids from lead-induced brain damage.
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We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.
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I think people have an idea in their heads about entertainers[and] celebrities. I think they feel like their lives are so perfect, and it's really hard to go through painful experiences when you are in the public eye because it's hard to have closure.
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There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might have relegated him to a minor career.
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Faith believes in spite of the circumstances and acts in spite of the consequences.
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As a fanboy myself, one of the fun things about the gig has been every time I get a new script, I get to find out more about his day - to-day life and what goes on and what his relationships are.
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Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family.
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Some models who aren't the most beautiful end up becoming the greatest of all time.
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Experience teacheth that resolution is a sole help in need.
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Scripture is a book about going to Heaven. It's not a book about how the heavens go.
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I love my wife. We've had a few slings and arrows across the room, but I'm not prepared to give in, you know? People say she saved my life, but at the same time, I saved her life, as well, I think. She's a great mother, she's a great wife, she's a great worker, she's a great manager. She's just great.
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For writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script.
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Spend two minutes a day scanning the world for three new things you're grateful for. And do that for 21 days, The reason why that's powerful is you're training your brain to scan the world in a new pattern, you're scanning for positives, instead of scanning for threats. It's the fastest way of teaching optimism.
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When we hate a person, what we hate in his image is something inside ourselves. Whatever isn't inside us can't excite us.
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Nationalism is both a vital medicine and a dangerous drug
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The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
