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Shattered by the cumulative effect of so much horror and death, Joan was again afflicted by a crisis of faith. How could a good and benevolent God let such a thing happen? How could He so terribly afflict even children and babies, who were not guilty of any sin? ↗

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

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If you always do what you've done before, you will always get what you had, not more... ↗

— Shelley K. Wall

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Have you ever been in a conflict with someone who thought he was wrong. If you are not wrong, then you will be willing to consider how you might be mistaken. ↗

— Arbinger Institute

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They Were all clad in the same uniform of misery and filth. For all of time, for all of eternity ↗

— James Riordan

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Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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BAIT GOAT There is a distance where magnets pull, we feel, having held them back. Likewise there is a distance where words attract. Set one out like a bait goat and wait and seven others will approach. But watch out: roving packs can pull your word away. You find your stake yanked and some rough bunch to thank. ↗

— Kay Ryan

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Don't Spit in the Soup, We All Gotta Eat ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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How do you explain to your friend's mother why a night out with friends has left her daughter dying from an ecstasy overdose? ↗

— A.C. Flanagan

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The real strength of the rose bush is not in the flowers but in the roots and the branches. ↗

— Dorcas Kareithi

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Even when we do not actively participate in our destiny, we are still on a chosen path. Life has a way of making decisions for us. ↗