Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes
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I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.
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If I lost control of the business I'd lose myself - or at least the ability to be myself. Owning myself is a way to be myself.
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Things like that become a blur - shot at some soundstage, somewhere - that's as much as I can remember.
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Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.
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It's easy enough to make the truth look silly. A man never seems more foolish-like than he does when he's speaking his whole mind and heart.
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In the Far East, it's very normal for people to wear masks in flu season. I don't know if I'd ever do that, though, because I don't like having things on my face.
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There's very few people, who really thrive creatively under great stress and conflict.
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It's sick that I experienced a once in a lifetime love - still as strong as the day it happened - & have been punished every single day since.
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Washington society has always demanded less and given more than any society in this country--demanded less of applause, deference,etiquette, and has accepted as current coin quick wit, appreciative tact, and a talent for talking.
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There is nothing that torments Satan more than the sight of a faithful in prayer.
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The South African native is probably the one impossible person to train in the entire world; he is probably impossible by any human standard.
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Now, see there. Just because I'm wearing my Super-Dike sweatshirt, you think I'm a lesbian. I guess if I were wearing a string of pearls, you'd think I was an oyster.
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Prayer is a sign of repentance, a desire to become better, purer.
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(Grief) is something you never really get over, but you put it in a place inside you and deal with it in the way you have to.
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I don't know what the vintage Sonic Youth sound is.
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It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others.
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Men are apt to offend ('tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive.
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The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.
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Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles... Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.
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Our society loves to romanticize the idea of the single, solo inventor who, working late in the lab one night, makes an earthshaking discovery, and voila, overnight everything's changed. That's a very appealing picture; however, it's just not true. Medicine today is a team sport.
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It's okay to forgive yourself immediately and for good.
