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    Maya Angelou
    “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
    ― Maya Angelou
    tags: character, consistency, courage, determination, essence, ethos, fortitude, goodness, inspiration, life-lessons, persistence, resolve, self-reliance, strength, virtue, virtues
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    Saul Bellow
    “You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
    ― Saul Bellow
    tags: imagination, inspiration, writing
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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.”
    ― Rumi Jalalud-Din
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    Ayn Rand
    “Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's the hardest thing in the world--to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want.”
    ― Ayn Rand
    tags: career, inspiration, life
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    Karen E. Quinones Miller
    “When someone tells me "no," it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.”
    ― Karen E. Quinones Miller
    tags: confidence, determination, inspiration, motivation, negativity, self-confidence
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    “Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim--letting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.”
    ― C.R. Strahan
    tags: forgiveness, pain, self-perception, survivor, victim
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    Sharon Salzberg
    “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
    ― Sharon Salzberg
    tags: inspiration, life, love, self-acceptance, self-esteem, wisdom
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    Agatha Christie
    “Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.”
    ― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
    tags: instinct
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    Malcolm Gladwell
    “..... it would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions.”
    ― Malcolm Gladwell
    tags: drawing-conclusions, instinct, judgment, stereotype
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    Toba Beta
    “Instinct recognizes no justice.”
    ― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
    tags: instinct
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    Paul Monette
    “Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you're hurting.”
    ― Paul Monette
    tags: gay, lgbt, queer, self-esteem, self-pity
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    John Gardner
    “Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.”
    ― John Gardner
    tags: reality, self-pity
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    Debbie Macomber
    “It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished.
    Mrs. Miracle”
    ― Debbie Macomber, Mrs. Miracle
    tags: self-pity
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    Sebastian Horsley
    “Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics.”
    ― Sebastian Horsley
    tags: drugs, narcotics, self-esteem, self-pity
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    Jackson Pearce
    “Pity is a useless emotion”
    ― Jackson Pearce, Sisters Red
    tags: pity, self-pity
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    George Eliot
    “Her own misery filled her heart—there was no room in it for other people's sorrow.”
    ― George Eliot, Adam Bede
    tags: compassion, perspective, self-pity
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    Paul Hoffman
    “Self-pity, while it should be accorded due respect, is the greatest of all acids to the human soul.”
    ― Paul Hoffman, The Last Four Things
    tags: acids, cale, fourth, god, greatest, hand, hoffman, human, last, left, man, men, paul, pity, respect, self-pity, solvation, solvent, soul, tomas, universal
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