"There is such wonderful balm in self-imposed sacrifice."

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Baroness Orczy

#Sacrifice Quotes #Self Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“I guess 35 years ago, I thought we had more of a democracy than we actually do. Majority support doesn't help unless the majority is active and votes - but the opposition minority votes a much greater proportion, so we often lose by a narrow margin.”
“Getting up at three in the morning to watch Michael Jordan, I never dreamed one day I would be kissing that trophy.”
“To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to do in the morning.”
“Itâ€™s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place.”
“Don't you know, priests, why our sermons do not touch the people's heart? Because we do not preach to the eyes, only to the ears.”
“What we control," Juliette said, "is our actions once fate puts us there.”
“Oh I believe in loving cats and dogs and children and parents â€“ sometimes â€“ but I donâ€™t believe in romantic love. Of course, thereâ€™s the momentary rush of hormones and chemicals that encourages us to mate, but itâ€™s biology â€“ itâ€™s no more inherently mystical than the nicotine in that cigarette youâ€™re smoking”
“Popular religion is a coping mechanism for the anxieties of a dysfunctional social and economic environment.”

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