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• One by one, these disciples would infect the nations with grace. It wasn't a call to take the sword or the throne and force the world to bow. Rather, they were to live the contagious love of God, to woo the nations into a new future.

  Shane Claiborne

  Grace, Thrones, World

  Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw (2009). “Jesus for President”, p.136, Harper Collins

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• There are so many unsung heroines and heroes at this broken moment in our collective story, so many courageous persons who, unbeknownst to themselves, are holding together the world by their resolute love or contagious joy. Although I do not know your names, I can feel you out there.

  David Abram

  Hero, Names, Broken

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• We can't wait for Washington. Business leaders are going to have to galvanize their own constituencies and do everything they can to demonstrate confidence in the economy, and I think that can be contagious.

  Howard Schultz

  Thinking, Leader, Waiting

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• Insanity is contagious.

  Joseph Heller

  Insanity

  Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• [Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It's me, Calvin! I was wondering if you'd like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy, I don't think you've ever invited me to... Calvin's Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin's Mom: You're contagious! You can't have anyone over to play! Calvin: Shhhh! Shhhh! You'll spoil the whole thing! I was going to trick Susie into catching... HEY! OW! LET GO! Susie: [Hanging up the phone] Any chance of getting transferred, Dad?

  Bill Watterson

  Mom, Letting Go, Dad

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• It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.

  Mitch Albom

  Natural, Made, Deals

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.172, Broadway Books

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• Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Moments

  Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “A Circle of Quiet”, p.73, Open Road Media

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• Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.

  Epictetus

  Attitude, Views, People

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• His contagious conviction that our love was unique and desperate infected me with an anxious sickness; soon we would learn to treat one another with the circumspect tenderness of comrades who are amputees, for we were surrounded by the most moving images of evanesecence, fireworks, morning glories, the old, children. But the most moving of these images were the intagible relfections of ourselves we saw in one another's eyes, reflections of nothing but appearances, in a city dedicated to seeming, and, try as we might to possess the essence of each other's otherness, we would inevitably fail.

  Angela Carter

  Morning, Children, Moving

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• Children are inspiring because they are open and a lot more intelligent than grown ups. They also have contagious playfulness and joy. For me as an artist the challenge of having a child is having to think ahead a lot more. Which in a way is good, since I sometimes lack self-discipline.

  Olof Arnalds

  Children, Thinking, Artist

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Greatness is contagious...You'll catch it if you get around it.

  T. D. Jakes

  Greatness, Ifs

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• Something is happening because of silence, because of peace, because of silence; if your mind is silent, if your mind is quiet, there is God, there is silence, this is the silence that is contagious.

  H. W. L. Poonja

  Silence, Mind, Quiet

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• When you help yourself, you feel good. But when you help somebody else get back on their feet, it's a high that no chemical drug can ever match. It's the greatest high in the world. It's addictive, it's contagious, and the world needs more of it.

  Greg Plitt

  Feet, Feel Good, Drug

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• When animals express their feelings they pour out like water from a spout. Animals' emotions are raw, unfiltered, and uncontrolled. Their joy is the purest and most contagious of joys and their grief the deepest and most devastating. Their passions bring us to our knees in delight and sorrow.

  Marc Bekoff

  Motivational, Grief, Passion

  Marc Bekoff (2010). “The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter”, p.19, New World Library

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• With the lights out, It's less dangerous. Here we are now, Entertain us. I feel stupid, And contagious. Here we are now. Entertain us.

  Kurt Cobain

  Stupid, Light, Dangerous

  "Song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ("Nevermind")". September 10, 1991.

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• It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Laughter, Humor

  Charles Dickens (1858). “A Christmas Carol”, p.64

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• There was a time when I liked a good riot. Put on some heavy old street clothes that could stand a bit of sidewalk-scraping, infect myself with something good and contagious, then go out and stamp on some cops. It was great, being nine years old.

  Warren Ellis

  Clothes, Years, Jerusalem

  "Transmetropolitan. Back on the Street (issues #1–3)". Comic book by Warren Ellis,

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• Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear -- because peace and fear are both contagious.

  John Ortberg

  Peace, Powerful, Fear

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• Panic is highly contagious, especially in situations when nothing is known and everything is in flux.

  Stephen King

  Panic, Flux, Situation

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass”, p.598, Simon and Schuster

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• I really believed that fear is contagious.

  Joel Osteen

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• Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Positive Thinking

  Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Meaningful, Power, Thinking

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.448, Рипол Классик

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• My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A lot of the beats in music today are taken from voodoo, from the voodoo drums. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you'll see that is true. I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious

  Little Richard

  Believe, Taken, Rocks

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• Passion is what makes life interesting, what ignites our soul, fuels our love and carries our friendships, stimulates our intellect, and pushes our limits... A passion for life is contagious and uplifting. Passion cuts both ways... Those that make you feel on top of the world are equally able to turn it upside down... In my life I want to create passion in my own life and with those I care for. I want to feel, experience and live every emotion. I will suffer through the bad for the heights of the good.

  Pat Tillman

  Uplifting, Passion, Cutting

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• History teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression, unopposed, becomes a contagious disease.

  Jimmy Carter

  Lesson Learned, Cost, World

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1977). “Jimmy Carter”

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