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Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that can be controlled or altered by an act of will.
BarbaraBarbara My abortion was so long ago I didn’t think I needed help. I hoped God had forgiven me but I hadn’t realized I didn’t forgive myself. After attending this safe, nurturing group I know that I am forgiven and set free.
BarbaraBarbara Your appearance can be a weapon. As powerful as any knife or gun.
BarbaraBarbara Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.
BarbaraBarbara Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional.
BarbaraBarbara An enlightened citizen is an indispensable ingredient of the infrastructure of democracy.
BarbaraBarbara Clutter is postponed decisions.
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
Lang LeavLang Leav
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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
Aimee MullinsAimee Mullins Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.
Ahmed ZewailAhmed Zewail The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it.
Adrianne PalickiAdrianne Palicki I do think that sometimes you can invent more palatable or digestible reasons versions or reasons, when perhaps you don’t want to admit the truth to yourself, and sometimes we deceive ourselves – along with others – about our reasons and motives.
Adam BrodyAdam Brody Still willing to invest in art and poetry’s own uniquely explosive contributions to the great, and small, dramas of human history.
AberjhaniAberjhani Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
TacitusTacitus Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
TacitusTacitus If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our children so that their talents may be fully employed.
Bill ClintonBill Clinton