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Come on. I don't have any problem violating my own insights in practice.


Slavoj Žižek

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HISAYASU NAGATA A little idea when sown and when it germinates grows into big understandings, insights, revelations ...
SUNDAY ADELAJA I don't have a lot of time to speak... but we will speak soon.
DEYTH BANGER Humans don't have any type of interest... HAVING SO MUCH STUFF AROUND THEM AND SO LITTLE INTEREST IN...
DEYTH BANGER I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.
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LATOYA J. STEPHENS Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.
ERICH FROMM I dont have a crush on anyone easily.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY I will have no problem coming to practice on time. The locker room is great, but we have to prove ou...
LEBRON JAMES I breathe you, dream, feel, taste your existance.But you leave me cold at night.Drowning in my own w...
TANICA S HALL I have always run my campaign on my own merits. I've never tried to demoralize any of my opponents.
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NORMAN VINCENT PEALE My time has is here, my mission has failed, but in spite of my limitations i will never loose faith....
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Lil: Don’t make me have it on my own.
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GERALD R. FORD I got so much tarter i dont gotta dip my fishsticks in shit!
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EVAN WILLIAMS I did try very hard to tell the whole truth without violating my literary instincts.
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GEN WILLIAM C. WESTMORELAND if i dont write to empty my mind, i go mad
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