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Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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I would rather clean than beg. ↗

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

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Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

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I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

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The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He did not will before, nor cease to will what He willed before. ↗

— William Ames

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Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin. ↗

— Tori Amos

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Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings. ↗

— Octavio Paz

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At the beginning Scully was much more sceptical than she is now. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

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