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Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. - Don Marquis

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. – Don Marquis

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I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. – Don Marquis

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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. – Don Marquis

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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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You must train your intuition — you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide. – Ingrid Bergman

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There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. – Joseph Addison

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What is peculiar in the life of a man consists not in his obedience, but his opposition, to his instincts. In one direction or another he strives to live a supernatural life. – Henry David Thoreau

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On sensitive issues, talk isnt cheap – it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut. – Marvin Olasky

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Education is indoctrination if youre white – subjugation if youre black. – James A. Baldwin

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