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title: "5 Sudden Impulse Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“Why not?” but without conviction, confirming for them both that this was a sudden impulse that most likely would not last out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mcdermott/why-not-but-without-conviction-confirming-for-them-both-that-this-was/)

[Alice McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mcdermott/)

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> [A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cooper/a-true-history-of-human-events-would-show-that-a-far-larger/)

[Peter Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cooper/)

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> [“Though he had determined upon this in the first moment of joyful enthusiasm, yet the delay of four-and-twenty hours had made a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-edgeworth/though-he-had-determined-upon-this-in-the-first-moment-of-joyful/)

[Maria Edgeworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-edgeworth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/maria-edgeworth-5129_change_though-he-had-determined-upon-this-in-th_1416241.png)

> [“If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse - as a man shoots himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/if-i-ever-marry-it-will-be-on-a-sudden-impulse-as-a-man-shoots-himself/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

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> [Can I confess something? I tell you this as an artist, I think you'll understand. Sometimes when I'm driving on the road…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/can-i-confess-something-i-tell-you-this-as-an-artist-i-think-you-ll/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

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