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• My cinematic crush has been pretty much the same since I was 12: Kevin Costner.

  Emma Watson

  Kevin, Cinematic, Has Beens

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• Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

  Simone Weil

  Truth, Men, Thinking

  Simone Weil (2005). “War and the Iliad”, New York Review of Books

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• I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.

  Kate Winslet

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• For the first time in living memory, the whole class of graduates faces a future of crushing debt, and a high probability, almost the certainty, of ad hoc, temporary, insecure and part-time work and unpaid 'trainee' pseudo-jobs deceitfully rebranded as 'practices' - all considerably below the skills they have acquired and eons below the level of their expectations.

  Zygmunt Bauman

  Jobs, Memories, Insecure

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• You know I could crush you." "I know you won't." "Why, because I need to protect you?" "No," She poked him in the breastplate. "Because you gave me a pillow.

  Larissa Ione

  Needs, Protect You, Pillow

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• It is hard to imagine, but in a Maryland school, a 13- year old girl was arrested for refusing to say the pledge of allegiance. There is more at work than stupidity and a flight from responsibility on the part of educators, parents and politicians who maintain these laws, there is also the growing sentiment that young people constitute a threat to adults and that the only way to deal with them is to subject them to mind-crushing punishment.

  Henry Giroux

  Girl, School, Responsibility

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I've got to include things like "I've Got A Crush On You," and put my stamp on it with the (openly gay) saxophonist Dave Koz.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Gay, Dave, Stamps

  "Our Interview With Kristin Chenoweth". Interview with Gregg Shapiro, www.outclique.org. December 16, 2016.

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• The threats are coming to this country, which will, of course, increase the massive industry known as the anti-terrorism industry, and crush our civil liberties and civil rights, And it's devouring our priorities here in communities all over the country which are in such disrepair and are so neglected in terms of public works and public services.

  Ralph Nader

  Country, Rights, Community

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• Top Democrats laying down their markers for how they'll work with President [Donald] Trump, but who will take on the job of rebuilding the Democratic Party after Tuesday's crushing defeat put Republicans in control of the White House and congress.

  George Stephanopoulos

  Jobs, Party, White

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• If I know what love is, it is because of you.

  Hermann Hesse

  Love, Life, Anniversary

  "Narcissus and Goldmund". Book by Hermann Hesse, 1930.

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• Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.

  Barbara Mertz

  Boredom, Persons

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• Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.

  Frank Herbert

  Individuality, Balance, Dignity

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.54, Penguin

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• Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seeds of rapacious licence and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.

  Charles Dickens

  Yield, Humanity, Twists

  Charles Dickens, General Press (2016). “A Tale of Two Cities: A Story of the French Revolution”, p.339, GENERAL PRESS

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• In the first century CE, Roman authorities punished St. Apollonia by crushing her teeth one by one with pliers. Colin often thought about this in relationship to the monotony of dumping: we have thirty-two teeth. After a while, having each tooth individually destroyed probably gets repetitive, even dull. But it never stops hurting.

  John Green

  Hurt, Two, Teeth

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.93, Penguin

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• You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.

  Cassandra Clare

  Lying, Realization, Want

  Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Ashes”, p.274, Simon and Schuster

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• I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for her to meet me. Later, she started coming to my concerts, but I only got to know her well after her mother died. I rang to see how she was, and that's how it started.

  Gary Numan

  Mother, Dad, Wife

  "Gary Numan: My family values". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2012.

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• I start at square one with every role. If I let myself feel pressure, it would crush me. The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie. Sometimes that's a palpable thing, but other times it's not. No actor has control of that. All you can control is your own passion for doing the work in the first place.

  Tom Hanks

  Passion, Squares, Numbers

  Source: www.oprah.com

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• War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.

  Ted Nugent

  War, Evil, Survival

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• Yeah, well I think anyone who likes fast cars will love the Tesla. And it has fantastic handling by the way. I mean this car will crush a Porsche on the track, just crush it. So if you like fast cars, you'll love this car. And then oh, by the way, it happens to be electric and it's twice the efficiency of a Prius.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Mean, Thinking

  "Extended Interview: Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk". Interview with Spencer Michels, www.pbs.org. June 25, 2008.

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• When I was 15, I had a crush on this guy who was really good at magic, and so I learned to juggle, thinking it would impress him. I spent hours and hours practicing, planning to show him. And then I never even saw him again. But at least I learned how to juggle.

  Danica McKellar

  Thinking, Guy, Magic

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• I have the most ridiculous TV crush on Michael McIntyre. I fell in love watching him on 'Britain's Got Talent'.

  Geri Halliwell

  Tvs, Ridiculous, Talent

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• Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.

  Annette Funicello

  Children, Clubs, Today

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• There is something more important than the place being left. It's that swell of crushing emptiness that makes the insignificant seem anything but.

  Lucas Mann

  Important, Emptiness, Insignificant

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Unless we're talking about old-school, witchcraft-trial violence, can we please phase out the phrase 'girl crush?' While we're at it, if we can axe 'like, total girl crush' unless Total Girl Crush is the name of a fizzy soft drink, in which case I'll take two, thank you.

  Sloane Crosley

  Thank You, Girl, School

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• I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isn't going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is. Then you can laugh about the fact that you used to have a crush on him or he had one on you.

  Courteney Cox

  Laughing, Choices, Guy

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