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• Having emotional independence means we are no longer tied to the need for constant approval and are, therefore, not coerced into doing more than we feel comfortable doing by our need to please others.

  Sue Thoele

  Being Yourself, Mean, Emotional

  Sue Patton Thoele (2016). “The Courage to Be Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem”, p.32, Conari Press

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• The possessions God allows us to have are intended for our use, not our enjoyment. Trying to squeeze something out of them that was never in them in the first place is a futile endeavor. A cow's udders, gently pressed, will yield sweet milk, nourishing and refreshing. Applying more and more pressure will not produce greater quantities of milk. We lose the good of material things by expecting too much from them. Those who try hardest to please themselves with earthly goods find the least satisfaction in them.

  William Gurnall

  Sweet, Yield, Trying

  William Gurnall (2015). “Daily Readings from The Christian in Complete Armour: Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare”, p.240, Moody Publishers

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• If there is something that you have to do, resist the temptation to do it under duress. Ask yourself, "What's the worst thing that would happen if I didn't do this?" And if you can get away with not doing it at all, don't do it. And then imagine what would it feel like to have this done. Spend a day or two, if you can, just 15 minutes here, 5 minutes here, 2 minutes here, here and here, imagining it completed in a way that pleases you! And then, the next time you decide that you're going to take action about it, the action is going to be a whole lot easier.

  Esther Hicks

  Two, Temptation, Duress

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• Please also remember the pitiful gasping/thirsty little mouths/ beaks in summer. They'll appreciate abundant/fresh/cool/clean/ water! Food they can get easily in parks/sidewalks!

  Adela Popescu

  Summer, Animal, Appreciate

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• SEX! Now that I have your attention... Please try to meditate at least 15 minutes, every day. You know it's good for you.

  Marcelo Goianira

  Sex, Inspiration, Practice

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• Satire is at once the most agreeable and most dangerous of mental qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we always fear those who use it too much; yet satire should be allowed when unmixed with spite, and when the person satirized can join in the satire.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Quality, Use, Too Much

  "Reflections on Various Subjects". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, www.gutenberg.org. 1678.

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• In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.

  Jonathan Swift

  Adversity, Ease, Firsts

  'Verses on the Death of Dr Swift' (1731) l. 7

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• Please explain the problem to me slowly, as I do not understand things quickly.

  Albert Einstein

  Understanding, Problem

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• Should a writer single out and point his raillery at particular persons, or satirize the miserable, he might be sure of pleasing a great part of his readers, but must be a very ill man if he could please himself.

  Joseph Addison

  Men, Might, Miserable

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• There's no doubt about it, show business lures the people who didn't get enough love, attention, or approval early in life and have grown up to become bottomless, gaping vessels of terrifying, abject need. Please laugh.

  Dennis Miller

  People, Laughing, Doubt

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• I am no artist - please come and help me.

  Michelangelo

  Artist, Insecurity, Helping

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• Be it sculpture, poetry, or narrative fraught with terrible insight... art does endure. It troubles and pleases, inspires, and reminds us that humanity is ever capable of adding to the sum of the world's grave beauty.

  Stephanie Mills

  Art, Inspire, Humanity

  Stephanie Mills (2003). “Epicurean Simplicity”, p.129, Island Press

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• Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?

  George Herbert

  Pain, Wine, Body

  George Herbert (1809). “Herbert's Poems: with his Country Parson. A new edition to which is prefixed, the life of the author; from I. Walton”, p.78

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• They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Ambition, Giving, Grows

  Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Rose, Thomas Percy, Thomas Campbell (1821). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B..”, p.38

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• O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

  Alexander the Great

  Toil, Pleasure, Athenians

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations V2: Drawn From The Speech And Literature Of All Nations, Ancient And Modern (1922)". Book by Kate Louise Roberts, 2010.

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• If you don't like how something is going for you, change it. If something isn't enough, change it. If something doesn't suit you, change it. If something doesn't please you, change it. You don't ever have to be the same after today. If you don't like your present address change it - you're not a tree!

  Jim Rohn

  Change, Suits You, Tree

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• It is a big mistake to think that the best way to express yourself is to do whatever you want, acting as you please. This is not expressing yourself. If you know what to do exactly, and you do it, then you can express yourself fully.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Mistake, Thinking, Expression

  "Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen". Book by Shunryū Suzuki. Chapter: "Express Yourself Fully", p. 8, 2002.

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• If my wife is cooking a meal at home, which is not often, thankfully, but you know, she's doing (oh, she's good at some things) but if she's cooking, you know, she's dealing with people on the phone, she's talking to the kids, she's painting the ceiling, she's doing open-heart surgery over here; if I'm cooking, the door is shut, the kids are out, the phone's on the hook, if she comes in I get annoyed, I say "Terry, please, I'm trying to fry an egg in here, give me a break.".

  Ken Robinson

  Heart, Kids, Home

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• As paradoxical as it may seem a great sculptor is as much a colourist as the best painter, or rather the best engraver. He plays so skillfully with all the resources of relief, he blends so well the boldness of light with the modesty of shadow, that his sculptures please one, as much as the most charming etchings.

  Auguste Rodin

  Light, Play, Shadow

  Auguste Rodin (2012). “Rodin on Art and Artists”, p.22, Courier Corporation

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• Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the admonishment of parents, teachers, governments, religions, and the law: )You just change your attitude now please, young man.

  William Saroyan

  Teacher, Attitude, Kids

  William Saroyan (1968). “I used to believe I had forever, now I'm not so sure”

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• Paint with whatever material you please - with pipes, postage stamps, postcards or playing cards, painted paper, or newspapers.

  Guillaume Apollinaire

  Cards, Paper, Paint

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• Life is best spent in alleviating pain, assuaging distress, and promoting peace and joy. The service of man is more valuable than what you call “service to God.” God has no need of your service. Pleas man, you please God.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Pain, Men, Joy

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• What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this immovable foundation they must ever stand.

  Joshua Reynolds

  Art, Foundation, Pleasure

  Sir Joshua Reynolds (1906). “A Selection from the Discourses Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy”

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• Often extraordinary excellence, not being rightly conceived, does rather offend than please.

  Philip Sidney

  Excellence, Doe, Extraordinary

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.25

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• American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible.

  Ang Lee

  World, Film, Authenticity

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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