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• I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Growing Up, Healthy, West

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• You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do.

  Renny Harlin

  Giving Up, Healthy, Challenges

  Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. April 27, 2001.

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• I have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before.

  Temple Grandin

  Cycling, Years, Nerves

  Interview with Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.

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• A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics.

  Ron Fournier

  Humility, Way In Life, Long

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• I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

  Tim Ferriss

  Fans, Idleness

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• My family are too grounded, and I will go home to visit. I always need my dose of Liverpool to keep me grounded.

  Rebecca Ferguson

  Home, Needs, My Family

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• Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

  Giorgos Seferis

  Strong, Mean, Pride

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• Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other.

  Freya Stark

  Art, Ingredients, Absence

  Freya Stark (1964). “The Journey's Echo: Selections”

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• When I stopped going to school, I got the strongest dose of perspective. When you're a kid, your friends, your school, your teachers, your family - that's your whole world, your whole existence. And then when I stopped going, I lost all my friends but the few that were really close to me.

  Kristen Stewart

  Teacher, School, Kids

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• I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small doses, but as a lifestyle, I found it too confining. It was just too needful; it expected me to be there for it all the time, and with all I have to do--I had to let something go.

  Jane Wagner

  Stress, Reality, Causes

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• The fact that some governments, churches and numerous corrupted individuals have tried to reduce such behavior from criminal offence to personal privilege dose not change the nature nor the seriousness of the practice. This woe is pronounced upon those who would pervert standards of mortality and decency. They seek man’s approval of that which God had condemned. They have been successful in getting legislation passed to make such perversion legal and acceptable by society.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Successful, Men, Practice

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• The people are to be taken in very small doses.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Taken, People, Public Speaking

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.285, Penguin

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• Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy.

  E. L. Konigsburg

  Healthy, Vitamins

  E.L. Konigsburg (2011). “Silent to the Bone”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and place of the gifted pickle sucker!

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Age, Pickles, Cynicism

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.116, Harmony

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• In my opinion, there's no condition in life that can't be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.

  Sue Grafton

  Junk, Opinion, Conditions

  Sue Grafton (2011). “Q is for Quarry”, p.143, Pan Macmillan

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• Look at him now, poor fellow. That's what a dose of reality does for you...Never touch the stuff myself, you understand. Find it gets in the way of the hallucinations.

  Alan Moore

  Reality, Doe, Looks

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• Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of comfortable horrors within. The heavier the lashing of the rain and the ghastlier the details, the better the flavour seems to be.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Rain, Fire, Hot

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Strong Poison”, p.114, Open Road Media

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• Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.

  Jim Harrison

  Dog, Rivers, Mountain

  Jim Harrison (2016). “Wolf”, p.108, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Ketut, why is life all crazy like this?" I asked my medicine man the next day...So what can we do about the craziness of the world?" Nothing." Ketut laughed, but with a dose of kindness. "This is nature of world. This is destiny. Worry about your craziness only-make you in peace.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Kindness, Crazy, Destiny

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• A modest dose of self-love is entirely healthy - who would want to live in a world where everyone hated themselves? But taken too far it soon becomes poisonous.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Taken, Love Is, Self

  "Because you're worth it" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2006.

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• Most songwriters who have been lucky enough to have their song on the radio or be heard widely don't know anything about science. The best songs have a strong dose of metaphor. Most songs about science don't have that. Like 'She Blinded Me With Science.' It's a stupid song, no offense to Thomas Dolby.

  Greg Graffin

  Song, Strong, Stupid

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• I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.

  Greg Graffin

  Healthy, Punk, Skepticism

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• It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too many coaching and training classes may take away a child's interest in the game itself. The essential thing to do is practise often and, in case of a doubt, to consult a trainer.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Children, Thinking, Games

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• Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Punishment, Abuse, Double Standard

  Uncle Tom's Cabin ch. 20 (1852)

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• Trust is a core currency of any relationship. Sometimes our need to control and micromanage everything erodes our confidence in ourselves and others. The truth: People are much more capable than we think. A hearty dose of trust is often what's needed to unlock the magic. Go ahead, have faith.

  Kris Carr

  Thinking, People, Magic

  "How to Do Less and Live More" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2013.

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