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• There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.

  Cyril Connolly

  Love, Pain, Two

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• You are the untold story. You are the impassioned truth wanting to scream its existence, to be forever trapped by a strong hand clapped firmly over the mouth of my soul.

  Henry Rollins

  Hands, Forever, Soul

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• [B]ut it is only what happens, when they die, to all mortals. The sinews no longer hold the flesh and the bones together, and once the spirit has let the white bones, all the rest of the body is made subject to the fire's strong fury, but the soul flitters out like a dream and flies away.

  Homer

  Dream, White, Fire

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• I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn't waste time feeling sorry for themselves. You had to get on with it. So my credo is get on with it. I don't waste time being soft. I'm not cold, but I don't like being, wasting my time with - life's too short.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Sorry, War, People

  "Sir Anthony Hopkins Interview THE WOLFMAN". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 8, 2010.

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• We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hungry, for instance, you'll do anything to survive. I think the most evil thing - well, maybe that's too strong - but certainly a very evil thing is judgment, the sin of ignorance.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Ignorance, Thinking, Evil

  "New Again: Anthony Hopkins". Interview with Amanda Duberman, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 23, 2011.

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• My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

  Anthony Horowitz

  Writing, Twists, Plot

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• I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Strong Women, Intelligent, Female

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• The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive probably reflects the women I've known in my life.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Strong Women, Character, Personality

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• If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong.

  Gene Simmons

  Self Esteem, Mean, Personality

  Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. October 14, 2009.

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• I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth.

  Carly Simon

  Emotional, Thinking, Interesting

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• We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco.

  James Sinegal

  Class, Wages, Favors

  "Online Extra: At Costco, "Good Jobs and Good Wages"". Interview with Michelle Conlin, www.bloomberg.com. May 31, 2004.

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• The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

  Simon Sinek

  Giving, Feelings, Matter

  "True Friendship: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• Spending too much time focused on others' strengths leaves us feeling weak. Focusing on our own strengths is what, in fact, makes us strong.

  Simon Sinek

  Feelings, Too Much, Facts

  "How To Spend Your Time: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning.

  Peter Singer

  Yield, Long, Addiction

  "How to stop yourself breaking that new year's resolution" by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2011.

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• I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real.

  Peter Singer

  Real, Believe, Thinking

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• If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.

  Alexander Smith

  Character, Race, Glitter

  Alexander Smith (2012). “Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.38, tredition

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• ...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.

  Ted Dekker

  Men, Yield, Sea

  Ted Dekker (2009). “Complete Circle Series: Hardcover Box Set: Box Set”, p.603, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• He has built a pedestal for her so tall that she is afraid to be lifted atop it, because to fall would mean certain death. But oh, she would rise far, far beyond fear and be held by arms so strong, and love so pure, that falling would not be an option.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Fall, Mean, Arms

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• She's the ulimate heroine, strong-willed and independent, intelligent, loyal, but at the same time, she's not flawless, she's not above mistakes, or falling in love.

  Tammara Webber

  Falling In Love, Mistake, Independent

  Tammara Webber (2014). “Between the Lines: The Complete Series”, p.99, Tammara Webber

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• Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women love when they abandon their self-reliance. When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength she is worse than a weak woman who has never any strength to throw away. One source of her inadequacy is the novelty of the occasion. She has never had practice in making the best of such a condition. Weakness is doubly weak by being new.

  Thomas Hardy

  Strong Women, Self, Practice

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• In a world beyond this one, that river goes on singing sweetly, enchanting us with what we want to hear, shaping what we need to see in order to keep going. In those waters, all disappointments are forgotten, our mistakes forgiven. Gazing into them, we see a strong father. A loving mother. Warm rooms where we are sheltered, adored, wanted. And the uncertainty of our futures is nothing more than the fog of breath on a windowpane.

  Libba Bray

  Mother, Disappointment, Father

  Libba Bray (2015). “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy”, p.337, Delacorte Press

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• You are out of control, Rand al'Thor,' she declared. I do what must be done,' he said, speaking now from the shadows. He sounded exhausted. ... I hate what you just did, Rand,' Nynaeve snarled. 'No, "Hate" isn't strong enough. I loathe what you've done. What has happened to you?' Test him!' Rand whispered, voice dangerous. 'Before condemning me, let us first determine if my sins have achieved anything beyond my own damnation.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Hate, Voice, Shadow

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• Of course mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different points of view.

  Katherine Howe

  Relationship, Mother Daughter, Mother And Daughter

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• I got a washed out version of Mom’s curls and a better copy of Dad’s blue eyes, The rest of me, I guess, is up for grabs. Except maybe Gran’s nose, but she could have been trying to make me feel better. I’m no prize. Most girls go through a gawky stage, but I’m beginning to think mine will be a lifelong thing. It doesn’t bother me too much. Better to be strong than pretty and useless. I’ll take a plain girl with her head screwed on right over a cheerleader any day.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Girl, Mom, Dad

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• Miss Tarabotti was not one of life's milk-water misses--in fact, quite the opposite. Many a gentleman had likened his first meeting with her to downing a very strong cognac when one was expecting to imbibe fruit juice--that is to say, startling and apt to leave one with a distinct burning sensation.

  Gail Carriger

  Opposites, Fruit Juice, Water

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