At a deep psychological level, convincing young people that they will get the respect, admiration, love that they are looking for through consumerism is a manipulation of a deep human instinct to want to belong.

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Locking everyone up is not the solution,' she sighs, staring into a cup of coffee gone cold as The B

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A man had better study what a human being is, because he's marrying one - assuming that merely being

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Forgive and forget is the divine ideal. Grappling with the hurt while biting your tongue and struggl

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Due north’ on my compass is largely ‘due’ to the fact that in ‘due’ time I have been ‘unduly’ lax in

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Family isn't blood. It's the people who love you. The people who have your back.

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You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.

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Our imperfection is the perfect experience of being human.

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Her voice is raw. She sings from the deepest cracks of her heart and her soul. When she closes her e

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I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they wer

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Hair of the dog and to keep me company I made a drink.

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I know I'm an acquired taste - I'm anchovies. And not everybody wants those hairy little things.

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Weep not that the world changes- did it keep a stable changeless state it were a cause indeed to w

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The late 20th century had just enough communication abilities to allow superstar-ness and communalit

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Don't needlessly draw attention to yourself. If you're twerking on the beach, a circling pteracuda c

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As thou know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is

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Compared to her, Sam ran like a girl and told himself as much.

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You want to know the truth about drugs? You can only go one or two ways. You can go up, or you can g

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Failing to win is not important, but failing to participate is.

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In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should pointout to us the paths of

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We all know we're one day closer to the end when we wake up in the morning. We just kid ourselves th

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The point is not to be the best, but to be the best you can be.

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Freedom of the press is the staff of life for any vital democracy.

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We each act as the creator of the self, and therefore, we strive to attain self-realization by under

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I've seen poverty & I can assure you that it's 'too dark' (Black) in colour.

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People who do not waste their life truly understand the importance of time.

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We ignore the Holy Spirit when we position ourselves at the center of life. - From the Book: Removin

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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university,

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Ideology and communication more often than not run into each other rather than complement each other

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We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight upon the human con

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This is what I’ve always loved about a city, all the worlds hidden away inside, largest of aquariums

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I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you enjoy something, you just enjoy it. No sense feeling gui

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My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about.

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When we constantly meditate on another's faults, it is because we are neglecting our own unhealed wo

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Soft sunlight tall treeswoodsmoke impressions summery cuestossed onthis dainty patch of my recluse.~

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Being different isn't a sin, but intolerance is.

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Their voices meld into a cloudy rumble of their own, and I ponder Mira's and Aidan's secrets and ima

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This was a great idea; he needed to go into tonight knowing that this was the last time he would eve

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Time was of no consequence and I just hoped that eternity would start now. The person I used to be h

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Society is full of varieties, is this possible to make all of them sensitive? Then there will be no

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Gather up all your scattered dreams and build the life you love.

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A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself - to laugh with me but ne

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When going for your goals, staying motivated, enthusiastic, and flexible are daily deeds of daring.

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We must not only aim to make a living but to live life.

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I don't define lust as anything evil or nasty. Lust as defined by me, is the feeling of desire: a de

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Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only

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Ford Prefect suppressed a little giggle of evil satisfaction, realized that he had no reason to supp

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Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last ditch stand of the artist.

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Men do not quit playing because they grow old they grow old because they quit playing.

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In my defence, I did like my ex until she cheated on me. I just thought the feeling was love.

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I wonder that if you keep growing and changing like you're supposed to, if you always end up embarra

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Soulful healing asks, while you are healing your body with herbs from Earth, that you look for the m

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That things are "status quo" is the catastrophe.

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Poets can't march in protest or do that sort of thing. I feel that's against the rules, and pointles

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September drank in the starry sky with a longing and a tugging and a sigh. All the way up, to that e

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The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the governme

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Do Not Grope To Life By Pursuing Education Alone

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When God brings a time of waiting, and appears to be unresponsive, don't fill it with busyness, just

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Don't worry, I plan on living a long time.""Why are you making a bucket list, then?""Because if you

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To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the co

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You got to face your evil, Hoodoo," Zeke said. "If people don't face the danger that's seeking them,

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God has given you the opportunity to make a difference. Plan purposefully, Prepare Prayerfully, Proc

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One cowboy is never enough.

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I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for

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Most people just want to see you fall, that's more reason to stand tall.

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Writing is a muscle. Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, and it needs to be e

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Failure is never a bus-stop for students, it is just a check point for all successful student

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You can repeat lies of others without hesitationBecause, you don’t have to give justification But, s

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I first witnessed the paranormal at the tender age of eight. This experience unlocked a doorway to a

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Positive thought is healthy to the soul.

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She held out her hands, palms up, the white fingers lightly spread, and with a barely audible click,

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The room continued to spin though she was standing still, but her ears were hot. She felt like she'd

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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So

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I remember laughing at that moment, and I remember my son frowning at me in puzzlement. What I remem

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If we are not submitted to Jesus Christ, then the forces of darkness will not be subject to us.

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I was going to dine at the television company’s expense with one of the most beautiful women in show

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The day time will stop moving, had I known and fulfillment will be the clock hands that will show ma

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An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-pre

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But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They ar

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Limitations are like mirages created by your own mind. When you realise that limitation do not exist

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Naughty, nasty, associal, discouraged - online space.

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Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deser

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Nos·tal·gia (n):A feeling that lingers long after the taste is gone.

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Find what gave you emotion; what the action was that gave you excitement. Then write it down making

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Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

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Your Nationality or any other Affiliation isn’t written on your forehead or any visible part of your

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Sometimes I wished I could cut away old memories and let the wind take them. If a sharp knife could

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In the art of magic be quick of sleight and slow of climax.

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God is calling you to relinquish your old habits and beliefs that are holding you back from being al

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Child, all books are magic. Just think,' he said, 'about what books make people do. People go to war

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The innovator's motto is this

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Some people you can't be friends with, not when you've been something more.

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It's safer for you to stay with the others,' he said.Safer? He didn't realize.I was already dead.

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Whatever you do, stay in love.

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David Cameron is a C-3P0 made of ham.

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The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

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A wedding ring is a symbol of commitment; a promise, a pledge, and a vow. The promise is to forsake

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Work out the details in achieving your dreams

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Wherever it is you may be, it is your friends who make your world.

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A free spirit is not bound by this, that, matter, materialism or opinion. They sing, dance and flow

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