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A poetâ€™s freedom lies precisely in the impossibility of worldly success. It is the freedom of one who knows he will never be anything but… — Walter Martin
I was never hurt by what anybody said about my clothes,Â because IÂ dress to please myself. If somebody doesnâ€™t like what Iâ€™m wearing, itâ€™s… — Iris Apfel
I donâ€™t care what people thinkâ€¦I learned a long time agoâ€¦I was 19 and had a very traumatic experienceâ€¦.and I learned that I have to… — Iris Apfel
I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too. — Carter Burwell
Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their… — Louis Nizer
Fear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If youâ€™re afraid, thatâ€™s the… — Barry Lyga
When [the saints] perform actions to God, then the soul says: 'Oh! that I could do what pleases God!' When they come to suffer any… — Jeremiah Burroughs
Note this, I beseech you: in active obedience we worship God by doing what pleases God, but by passive obedience we do as well worship… — Jeremiah Burroughs
I write to please myselfâ€”of course, that is a given. But beyond this reach for pleasure, I know that I write for my countrymen, that… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
We consider the beauty of nature and art with pleasure and satisfaction, without the slightest movement of desire. Instead, it appears to be a particular… — Moses Mendelssohn
Church of Jesus, let us please be men and women who understand the difference between moralism and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Letâ€™s be careful… — Matt Chandler
It's special, grandparents and grandchldren. So much simpler. Is it always so, I wonder? I think perhaps it is. While one's child takes a part… — Kate Morton
Intuitive knowledge is an illumination of the soul, whereby it beholds in the light of God those things which it pleases Him to reveal to… — Rene Descartes
All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown; like streams supplied from springs below, which scatter blessings as they go. — Charles Cotton
I wrote it alone, for him, to interest him, to please him, to occupy him. I wasn't young, nor particularly pretty. I needed something which… — Anne Desclos
But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. — William Cowper
Those who glory in their looks - not in their hearts - dress to please others. — Clement of Alexandria
Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice: Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for animals. Do it for the environment and do… — Alec Baldwin
Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A mission is not just a casual thing-it is not an alternative program in the Church. Neither is a mission a matter of choice any… — Spencer W. Kimball

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