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“For some people, being free means being free to keep their feet on someone else's chest.” quote by Mike Royko — Download Open image

“For some people, being free means being free to keep their feet on someone else's chest.”

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Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free!

One of the greatest mental freedoms is truly not caring what anyone else thinks of you.

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There is value in being free and spontaneous but the greatest power comes from seeing and using what results from that freedom.

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Faith keeps you strong. Love keeps you whole. And Happiness keeps you alive. So don't be a downer! Be happy, be strong, be free,…

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Collective judgment of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free to back their own…

W. Arthur Lewis

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You can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of…

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Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions...…

George Santayana

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The moment you stop caring about what other people think of you is when you'll know what true freedom is.

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True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes.

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I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking…

Feeling free inside oneself is being free.

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