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Elizabeth Gaskell

It is odd enough to see how the entrance of a person of the opposite sex into an assemblage of either men or women calms down the little discordances and the disturbance of mood.

Down, Men, Odd, Opposites, Sex

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The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

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I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

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Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

Light, Make, Misfortunes, Misfortunes Of Others, Successful

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

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But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

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Milton Friedman

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Look, for example, at the obvious, immediate, practical example of illegal Mexican immigration. Now, that Mexican immigration, over the border, is a good thing. It's a good thing for the illegal immigrants. It's a good thing for the United States. It's a good thing for the citizens of the country. But, it's only good so long as its illegal.

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You can be enormously effective for a period of time, because it's almost like there's an engine in you that needs to keep going, and you have a greater drive than other people - who may be more happy and balanced in life - because you have to keep going out and proving yourself over and over again.

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. . . it struck me as so hard to believe I was really getting what I wanted; it was always easier to feel the lack of something than the thing itself.

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You don't need to suffer anymore. You've suffered enough to take you to this point where you hear the words, "You don't need to suffer anymore," and you understand them. You recognize their truth and you then see that you do have a choice that you can surrender to the suchness of now, which means every moment to relinquish resistance and if it still arises, to recognize it.

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