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I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasona

I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unseasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night. – James Thurber

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Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority. – James Thurber

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Dignity
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There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. – James Thurber

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Light
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased. – Aeschylus

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Psychology

Depression is rage spread thin. – George Santayana

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Psychology

A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with oneself, malignant and ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality. – Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave

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Psychology

There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography. – Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin: Psychology, 1973

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I dont wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth. – Pearl Buck

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All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts. – John Walters

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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars. – Tama Janowitz

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Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot. – Jack Nicholson

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