If you escape from people too often,, you wind up escaping from yourself.
MARVIN GAYE
MARVIN GAYE
Marvin Gaye on escape
Marvin Gaye47 quotes“If you escape from people too often,, you wind up escaping from yourself.”
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Marvin GayeMarvin Gaye I want to stop and thank you baby, how sweet it is to be loved by you.
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Marvin GayeMarvin Gaye Mercy, mercy me, things ain’t what they used to be.
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I could be going through something in my life that I might not want to talk about in my music because my music is the way that I escape some of those things.
TygaTyga My motivational music is any music that helps me escape. There are certain records that take you to euphoria, when you’re partying and havin’ a good time, dancin’ with a couple people.
PitbullPitbull Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt or angry. Holding on to pain, anger, guilt or shame is the glue that binds us to the situation we want to escape.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant A man says to me, ‘Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?’ No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Worries carry responsibilities that belong to God, not to you. Worry does not enable us to escape evil; it makes us unfit to cope with it when it comes.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.
James JoyceJames Joyce My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix.
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