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Shame is the demon that keeps many of us trapped in our pain; healing comes when we gain the courage to confront our demon(s). ↗

— J'son M. Lee

#family-drama #family-love #family-relationships #family-values #guilt

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover. ↗

— Marge Piercy

#lover #pleasure #sex

Life is filled with unanswered questions, but it is the courage to seek those answers that continues to give meaning to life. You can spend your life wallowing in despair, wondering why you were the one who was led towards the road strewn with pain, or you can be grateful that you are strong enough to survive it. ↗

— J.D. Stroube

#despair #inspiration #life #meaning #pain

There's not enough money in the world to get me singing 'Because We Want To' again. I wouldn't do it. I think Beyonce Knowles got a couple of million for a private show but I would be happy to turn it down. ↗

— Billie Piper

#be happy #because #beyonce #couple #down

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#goal #life #live #mountain #only

The will to work of everyone in the country is the best guarantee of national survival. ↗

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

#country #everyone #guarantee #national #survival

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days. ↗

— Plutarch

#celebrated #childhood #continue #days #ignorant

We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#creative #creative work #funds #more #spend

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute. ↗

— William Pollard

#individuals #leadership #opportunity #provide #responsibility

The nation voted us to power to see unity and communal harmony, not for any division or communality. ↗

— Khaleda Zia

#communal #division #harmony #nation #power