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    I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.

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In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, read more

In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes, it strikes with incredible emphasis. Those are the rare occasions when a national will emerges from the scattered, specialized, or indifferent blocs of voters who ordinarily elect the politicians. Those are for good or evil the great occasions in a nation's history.

by Walter Lippmann Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Hatred can be overcome only by love.

Hatred can be overcome only by love.

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one read more

To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one of the schools of training for His very own. It is the fire that sheds the dross and reveals the gold.

by Bernard M. Martin Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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We have no problems, only situations. Not all problems have solutions, but all situations have outcomes.

We have no problems, only situations. Not all problems have solutions, but all situations have outcomes.

by John E. Gray Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.

I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.

by Giovani Della Casa Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

by Hilaire Belloc Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!

Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!

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Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens read more

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

by S. I. Hayakawa Found in: Negativity Quotes,
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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is read more

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.

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