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I'm often wary of using the word 'inspiration' to introduce my work -- it sounds too much like a sun shower from the heavens, absorbed… — Shaun Tan
And though it be their sin and vanity that is the cause [of lust], it is nevertheless your sin to be the unnecessary occasionâ€¦You must… — Richard Baxter
Coincidences, in general, are great stumbling blocks in the way of that class of thinkers who have been educated to know nothing of the theory… — Edgar Allan Poe
Utopians...consider individual freedom as the stumbling block on which the grandiose idea of mankind's totalization may flounder. — Thomas Steven Molnar
Books are the building blocks of civilization and a people without books are a people without history, a people with no story older than the… — Louis L'Amour
Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer… — Francis Chan
When you look more generally at life on Earth, you find that it is all the same kind of life. There are not many different… — Carl Sagan
Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced. — Napoleon Hill
The real stumbling-block of totalitarian regimes is not the spiritual need of men for freedom of thought; it is men's inability to stand the physical… — Simone Weil
Attachment is the strongest block to realization. — Neem Karoli Baba
The power of mistakes enables us to reframe creative blocks and turn them around...The troublesome parts of our work, the parts that are most baffling… — Stephen Nachmanovitch
If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally, and if something blocks your route, find another. Never give up. — Laurie Notaro
Good, law-abiding, value-oriented citizens are the ultimate in hypocrisy; "majority rules" and the law are exactly the same as being the biggest bully on the… — William J. Murray
The people blocking buses in Murrieta, California, didn't come from radical groups, they were everyday Americans who were perfectly willing to frighten those children — Mark Potok
Itâ€™s not the plant-based foods that will make you ill, itâ€™s the meat and the liquid meat (i.e.: dairy) that can lead to sickness and… — Rip Esselstyn
Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said… — Herodotus
Music is the only thing in the world that can block out madness, and can be consumed in the sadness, for it helps the soul… — Timothy Long
John Kerry's campaign attacks on gas prices ignore the reality of Kerry's long record of supporting higher gas prices and blocking the president's comprehensive energy… — Steve Schmidt
Exercise stimulates your circulation, massages your internal organs, stretches and strengthens your muscles, and energizes you. Exercise is also a great way to discharge tension,… — Ellen Bass
The instructor can scarcely give sensibility where it is essentially wanting, nor talent to the unpercipient block. But he can cultivate and direct the affections… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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