Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.
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Criss Jami
That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it.
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Robin Hobb
Some things take so long But how do I explain When not too many people Can see we're all the same And because of all their tears Your eyes can't hope to see The beauty that surrounds them Now, isn't it a pity
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George Harrison
This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.
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Alberto Moravia
Man of an hard heart! Hear me, Proud, Stern, and Cruel! You could have saved me; you could have restored me to happiness and virtue, but would not! You are the destroyer of my Soul; You are my Murderer, and on you fall the curse...
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More Quotes By Marlene Dietrich
I do not think we have a "right" to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
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Sex: In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
Logic is the key to an all-inclusive spiritual well-being.
