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What gave the marriage piquancy was that it was preceded by an elopement, and this greatly captivated Adelaïda Ivanovna's fancy.
“The launching pad for emotional freedom is always yourself.”
― Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life
― Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life
“So then, let "Deserved" be written on the door of hell, but on the door of Heaven and life, "The free gift" (68).”
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“Pressure will squeeze whining out of losers and winning out of achievers.”
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“The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact.”
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“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
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