"Hence when a person is in great pain, the cause of which he cannot remove, he sets his teeth firmly together, or bites some substance between them with great vehemence, as another mode of violent exertion to produce a temporary relief. Thus we have the proverb where no help can be has in pain, 'to grin and abide;' and the tortures of hell are said to be attended with 'gnashing of teeth.'Describing a suggestion of the origin of the grin in the present form of a proverb, 'to grin and bear it.'"

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Source : Erasmus Darwin (1818). “Zoonomia”, p.330

Erasmus Darwin

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“Talk about the sickest dunk, we had one guy throw it off the library which was about 60-feet away, back onto the court it bounced, and he timed it, went over there and got it. It was outstanding, man. It was crazy.”

Source : "Dime Q&A: Darryl Dawkins Reveals The Origin of His Nickname And Recalls His First Dunk". Uproxx Interview, uproxx.com. August 4, 2011.
“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.”
“To resolve such conflicts peacefully in our interdependent - or what I would like to call our intra-interdependent - world requires not just well-chosen words but sustained and unified action.”
“Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.”

Source : "The Guardian view on internet privacy: it’s the psychology, stupid". www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2018.
“Berry's On TopÂ is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done Chuck Berry songs, but to get that feel is really hard. It's the rock and roll thing-the push-pull and the rhythm of it.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I hardly have any spare time! But when I do, I garden a lot - I love plants and flowers.”
“Our thoughts, our feelings, our dreams, our ideas, are physical in the universe.”
“Nothing is unnatural - just untried.”

Source : Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Venus Envy”, p.75, Bantam

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