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“Dancing transforms everything, demands everything, and judges no one. Those who are free dance, even if they find themselves in a cell or a wheelchair, because dancing is not the mere repetition of certain movements, it’s a conversation with a Being greater and more powerful than everyone and everything. To dance is to use a language beyond selfishness and fear.”
― Paulo Coelho, Hippie

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“In the debate over opioid addiction, there’s one group we aren’t hearing from: chronic pain patients, many of whom need to use the drugs on a long-term basis.”
― S. E. Smith

tags: chronic-pain, chronic-pain-stigma, drug-abuse, drug-addiction, drug-seeking, media-bias, opiates, opioid-use, opioids, pain-killer-pills, painkillers, stigmatization, stigmatized, substance-abuse

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“The term ‘racist’ has come to mean ‘any white person who’s OK with being white.”
― Jim Goad, The New Church Ladies: The Extremely Uptight World of "Social Justice"

tags: racist

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“In order to live a fulfilled life, do not focus on the size of your audience; focus instead on leaving an impact on the circle of influence God has given you.”
― Rosette Mugidde Wamambe

tags: circle-of-influence, fulfilled-life, goals-in-life, mission-statement, purpose, vision

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“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of.
They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication.”
― Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking