Throwing Quotes - Page 35

• A birthday is a good time to begin a new; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Birthday, Old Habits, Clothes

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• You do learn things and one of them is that happiness has nothing to do with validation from other people, the important thing is being happy with yourself ... finding something that is important to you and sticking with it no matter what anyone says. The truth is you've got to really be tough because there are all kinds of forces that are always trying to get you to do things their way ... trying to tell you that you are throwing your life away if you don't follow their advice.

  Kurt Cobain

  Validation, Always Trying, People

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• We look at the ancient Greeks with their gods on a mountain top throwing lightning bolts and say, 'Those ancient Greeks. They were so silly. So primitive and naive. Not like our religions. We have burning bushes talking to people and guys walking on water. We're ...sophisticated.'

  Paul Provenza

  Silly, Talking, People

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• Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.

  Pope Francis

  Waste, Stealing, Hungry

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• I missed him so much that I had physical sensations of loss, all over my body. Like one minute I was missing an arm, the next my spleen. It was making me feel sick, like throwing up.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Loss, Sick, Missing

  Augusten Burroughs (2010). “Running with Scissors: A Memoir”, p.138, Macmillan

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