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• We don't cut up when mad men are bred by the old legitimate regular stock religions, but we can't allow wildcat religions to indulge in such disastrous experiments.

  Mark Twain

  Cutting, Men, Indulge In

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.204, Courier Corporation

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• When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

  Ian Mckellen

  Real, Acting, Way

  "Interview with Sir Ian McKellen (Part 1 of 4)". Interview with BY Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. July 10, 2000.

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• When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.

  Samuel Johnson

  Happiness, Pride, Power

  Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.224

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• The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it.

  Samuel Pepys

  Men, Knowing, Age

  Samuel Pepys (2012). “Diary of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passages”, p.143, Courier Corporation

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• When you are lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, I conceive you may use any language you choose to indulge in without impropriety.

  W. S. Gilbert

  Lying, Indulge In, Anxiety

  'Iolanthe' (1882) act 2

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• Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is, rather, antecedent to all of these, for without it we can have neither security nor prosperity nor enlightenment.

  Henry Steele Commager

  Indulge In, Luxury, Enlightenment

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• That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman.

  Plato

  Political, Wish, Citizens

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• I got a lot of problems, but I'm really good at intuiting what I need to do to be happy with whatever I create. I know when to stop myself, I know when to start, I know when to leave something alone. I guess I just kind of indulge that completely, and so I just take my time.

  Fiona Apple

  Needs, Kind, Problem

  "I Don't Really Have A Plan". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. June 10, 2012.

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• I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch the consequences, and do not continue any course which adds to weight or bulk and consequent discomfort.

  William Banting

  Indulge In, Watches, Add

  William Banting (2005). “Letter on Corpulence”, p.55, Cosimo, Inc.

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• As something has involuntarily crept into my head through my eyes,I love to indulge it, even though it may be all wrong.

  Frederic Chopin

  Eye, May, Through My Eyes

  Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.89, Courier Corporation

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• Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? ... I, for one, would much rather swoon over a few thin slices of prime beefsteak, or one small serving of chocolate mousse, or a sliver of foie gras than indulge to the full on such nonentities as fat-free gelatin puddings.

  Julia Child

  Media, Hype, People

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• Look, if you can indulge in your passion, life will be far more interesting than if you're just working.  You'll work harder at it, and you'll know more about it. But first you must go out and educate yourself on whatever it is that you've decided to do - know more about kite-surfing than anyone else. That's where the work comes in. But if you're doing things you're passionate about, that will come naturally.

  Richard Branson

  Hard Work, Passion, Indulge In

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• Don't indulge your theories, think of your children and listen to the experts.

  Stephen Harper

  Children, Thinking, Experts

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• No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption of others. He whose merit has enlarged his influence would surely wish to exert it for the benefit of mankind. Yet such will be the effect of his reputation, while he suffers himself to indulge in any favourite fault, that they who have no hope to reach his excellence will catch at his failings, and his virtues will be cited to justify the copiers of his vices.

  Samuel Johnson

  Passion, Men, Indulge In

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.283

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• Say I Want to Feel Good when youre Tempted to Indulge in Low-Energy Thoughts

  Wayne Dyer

  Indulge In, Feel Good, Energy

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “The Invisible Force: 365 Ways to Apply the Power of Intention to Your Life: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.275, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Though the academic authorities are actually proud of conducting everything by means of Examinations, they seldom indulge in what religious people used to descibe as Self-Examination. The consequence is that the modern State has educated its citizens in a series of ephemeral fads.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Religious, Mean, Self

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• Satanists are encouraged to indulge in the seven deadly sins, as they need hurt no one; they were only invented by the Christian Church to insure guilt on the part of its followers.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Christian, Hurt, Indulge In

  "The Satanic Bible". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1969.

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• Youth -- nothing else worth having in the world...and I had youth, the transitory, the fugitive, now, completely and abundantly. Yet what was I going to do with it? Certainly not squander its gold on the commonplace quest for riches and respectability, and then secretly lament the price that had to be paid for these futile ideals. Let those who wish have their respectability -- I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous and the romantic.

  Richard Halliburton

  Beautiful, Indulge In, Wish

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• If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood which I felt I had to control, otherwise I might end up in the loony bin. But when I made my way in the world I wanted to indulge myself in my fantasies to the extent that I could afford.

  George Soros

  Childhood, World, Might

  "Underwriting Democracy: Encouraging Free Enterpirse And Democratic Reform Among The Soviets In Eastern Europe". Book by George Soros, 1991.

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• In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is the most unprofitable feeling a man can indulge in.

  Thomas De Witt Talmage

  Gratitude, Men, Indulge In

  Thomas De Witt Talmage (1892). “Brilliants”

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• It can be set down as a broad, general principle that we cannot indulge in idleness and abundance during both the first and second half of our life. Study, application, industry, enthusiasm while we are young usually enable us to enjoy life when we grow older. But unless we toil and strive and earn all we can in the first half, the second half of our life is liable to bring disappointment, discomfort, distress. The time to put forth effort is when we are most able to do it, namely, in the years of our greatest strength. The law of compensation hasn't ceased to function.

  B. C. Forbes

  Disappointment, Indulge In, Years

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• The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.

  George Washington

  Hatred, Degrees, Affection

  Farewell Address, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 Sept. 1796

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• It's simple. Eat well, exercise and get lots of sleep but make sure you indulge occasionally. At my age , I think , what the hell , and eat a Krispy Kreme doughnut !

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Sleep, Exercise, Thinking

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• Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof - that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation-guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts of love and work.

  Aldous Huxley

  Love, Indulge In, Degrees

  Aldous Huxley (2009). “Island”, p.269, Random House

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• Do we indulge our heart, or cater to our fear?

  Peter McWilliams

  Fear, Heart

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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