"Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion."

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Source : Thomas De Quincey, Robert Morrison (2013). “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings”, p.39, Oxford University Press

Thomas de Quincey

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“Anchorites used to ill-treat themselves in the way they did, so that the common people would not begrudge them the beatitude they would enjoy in heaven.”
“As a leader, you have to not only do the right thing, but be perceived to be doing the right thing. A consequence of seeking a leadership position is being put under intense public scrutiny, being held to high standards, and enhancing a reputation that is constantly under threat.”
“If something's just, I'll let myself be hacked to bits for it.”
“Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?”

Source : "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.
“Seek first the Kingdom of God: that is, the first order of business is to transform one's own inner life, not the accumulation of external trappings of speculative knowledge.”

Source : John D. Caputo (2014). “How To Read Kierkegaard”, p.14, Granta Books
“Every relationship has its drama and baggage.”

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“So do we discover, in the world, that our worst fears are unfulfilled; yet we must fear, in order that we may feel delight.”
“Most people spend more time planning a one-week vacation than they spend planning their life.”

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