I am afraid of reduction. After a lifetime's independence- yes, selfish independence- I am terrified of being reduced to childhood once more, to helplessness, to seas of confusion from which the cruel lucid intervals poke up like rock shoals. I don't want to sit in my chair and be fed, much less do I want to be handed over to medical professionals.
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Related Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF Because I want to be remembered. SHERMAN ALEXIE The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be pol... OWEN ARTHUR To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it. , TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one. THERESA M WILSON To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth. JAMES MARSHALL Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju... JOAN BAUER There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ... THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l... JUSTINA CHEN Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love. CAMERON DOKEY If you don’t have a goal and don’t know where you want to be and when you want be there. You are... AHMED ALI ANJUM Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA I have to be honest, I am a true jeans and t-shirt girl. EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI Opportunities pop up for everybody all of the time. It's the way that we progress. It's whether or n... BEN BROWN I want to do whatever I can to survive. SAM SIMON Dare to follow your own paths. Dare to be yourself. Dare to be different. LAILAH GIFTYAKITA Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD Meant to be" allows for lazy. The idea of destiny alleviates anxiety; it comforts us. We stop believ... STEPHANIE KLEIN Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly; In my own way, and with my full consent. Say... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT I'm a bit of a tomboy, but when it comes to love I am a doormat. ELISABETTA CANALIS I am down-to-earth and not one of those starry, up-their-own-butt celebrities. BRUNO TONIOLI The world of a writer is a world of imagination reduced to letters SOTONYE ANGA How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It's a sheer and an utter nonsense to even think or imagine that a person can gain and retain people... ANUJ SOMANY How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Stay true to yourself.Take everyday challenge in your stride & strive to make journey of life exactl... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Be true to yourself.Give wings of confidence & courage to your endeavour. Your strength is reflected... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. T... THOMAS S. MONSON Be true to yourself.Let your belief & thoughts for right cause are not compromised at any cost thoug... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Just because you love someone doesn't mean you're meant to be together. MICHAELA D. If you can put your mind to it anything can be achieved but to pull something out of nothing althoug... GARY F EVANS... There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the p... EPICTETUS We must be more and more to each other, my dear wife.' -Charles Darwin to wife Emma upon loss of dau... DEBORAH HEILIGMAN I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can a... DEBORAH HEILIGMAN As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Ah, much deluded! lay aside Thy threats, and anger misapplied! Art not afraid with sounds ... JOHN MILTON Dare to seize all the opportunities on your paths. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England. ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT) In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA To have our needs met, to love, to be loved, to feel safe in this world and to each know our purpose... BRYANT MCGILL Stubbornness" is knowing exactly what you want courageously living by free will; never to be judged ... MICHELLE CRUZ-ROSADO A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell. MARJANE SATRAPI To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be... AL GOLDSTEIN Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Don't lie to yourself? SONYA.E.WILLIAMS What would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like ... LISA J. SHULTZ I'm just so tired of life being something that happens to me. That's not how it's supposed to work. ... JOSHUA EDWARD SMITH America has begun a spiritual reawakening. Faith and hope are being restored. Americans are turning ... , TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS, COLUMBUS, OHIO Every woman and every man is God the Father's wife when the faithful soul is joined to our Lord Jesu... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (LETTER TO THE FAITHFUL I Every woman and every man is the mother of God when we carry Jesus in our heart and body through a d... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (LETTER TO THE FAITHFUL I People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and w... ANTHONY LICCIONE Each of us is under a divinely spoken obligation to reach out with pardon and mercy and to forgive o... DIETER F. UCHTDORF I could not sit seriously down to write a serious Romance under any other motive than to save my lif... JANE AUSTEN Human is what he decides to be. ZAMAN ALI A proverb in the Old Testament states: 'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he t... GORDON B. HINCKLEY Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are... THOMAS S. MONSON So this is going to be drill!? DEYTH BANGER Is," "is," "is"—the idiocy of the word haunts me. If it were abolished, human thought might begin ... ROBERT ANTON WILSON The Lord gives us a spirit of hope and a feeling of comfort and confidence that we can overcome the ... L. LIONEL KENDRICK The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time... DOUGLAS WOOD What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not... ELEANOR H. PORTER If you can BE your way through it, you can find your way to it. SUZETTE VEARNON People know your tragedies and they treat you like you’re not human. Like you’re a three-h... ERIC JEROME DICKEY There's nothing stupid about wanting to be loved. Believe me. NINA LACOUR Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then ... JOSEPH SMITH JR.
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They say to me at last
That wasn't what they used to say
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