Crush Quotes - Page 30

• In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by sometimes taking ourselves to task. When the self says, 'O no, I must not be treated like this,' then we say, 'What does it matter?' When the self says, 'He ought to have done this, she ought to have said that,' we say, 'What does it matter, either this way or that way? Every person is what he is; you cannot change him, but you can change yourself.' That is the crushing. ... It is only in this way that we can crush our ego.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Self, Ego, Nafs

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• We must believe, but we can't believe. Perhaps this is the tragedy that some of us see in Obama: a change we can believe in and the crushing realisation that nothing will change.

  Simon Critchley

  Believe, Tragedy, Realisation

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• When I was in seventh grade, I totally had a crush on a guy who was older than me, and he listened to alternative music. So he was into Days of the New and stuff like that, and more poppy stuff, too, like Matchbox Twenty.

  Carrie Underwood

  Guy, Twenties, Alternatives

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• In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march.

  Kate Chopin

  Hands, Gnarly, Feet

  Kate Chopin (2016). “The Awakening”, p.187, Xist Publishing

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• The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.

  Joseph Addison

  Birthday, Easter, Stars

  Joseph Addison (1811). “The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison”, p.288

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• I cannot believe they haven't yet come up with a better screening process than the mammogram. If a man had to put his special parts inside a clamp to test him for anything, I think they would come up with a new plan before the doctor finished saying, "Put that thing there so I can crush it.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Believe, Men, Thinking

  Ellen DeGeneres (2011). “Seriously ... I'm Kidding”, p.14, HarperCollins Australia

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• My first real crush was... Louis Tomlinson.

  Harry Styles

  Real, Firsts

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• His lips hovered over hers. “No,” he snarled. Madison wasn’t sure to whom he was talking, but then his mouth was crushing hers, and her world became him—the touch and feel of his lips pressing down, forcing hers to respond. It wasn’t a gentle kiss or a sweet exploration. It was angry and raw, breathtaking and soul burning. Right now, she didn’t want gentle. She wanted hard and fast, him and her, on the floor, even the bear rug, both of them naked and sweating.

  J. Lynn

  Sweet, Kissing, Talking

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• I will devour you. I will lick your bones clean and crush them between my teeth. I will suck the marrow…” “That’s nice,” Kate said. “The shield.

  Ilona Andrews

  Nice, Teeth, Shields

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.217, Penguin

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• ...there is the sheer emotional, intellectual, physical, chemical pleasure of your children. The honest truth is that the world holds no greater gratification than lying in bed with your children, putting your leg on top of them in a semi-crushing manner, while saying sternly, "You are a poo.

  Caitlin Moran

  Children, Lying, Emotional

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• The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear.

  Sophocles

  Greek, Gears, Combat

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• The Conscious will is represented by the Sacred Woman, Maria, Isis, who crushes the descending serpent's head.

  Samael Aun Weor

  Isis, Sacred, Conscious

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• There is something very consistent about governance in the Arab world. Among the Arab countries today in which there is a modicum of internal stability, each is controlled by an Arafat-type figure - an anti-democratic strongman who is able to crush all challenges to his authority. Likewise, among those Arab countries that aren't ruled by a despot, the political dynamic is also consistent: In Lebanon, Iraq, and now Gaza, sectarian violence is the dominant form of political expression.

  Michael Totten

  Country, Expression, Iraq

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• Mozart's music is free of all exaggeration, of all sharp breaks and contradictions. The sun shines but does not blind, does not burn or consume. Heaven arches over the earth, but it does not weigh it down, it does not crush or devour it.

  Karl Barth

  Heaven, Shining, Earth

  Karl Barth (2003). “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart”, p.21, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• I actually got a crush on Anne Heche when I worked with her on Huckleberry Finn. It didn't work out.

  Elijah Wood

  Work Out, Huckleberry

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• Student debt is crushing the lives of millions of Americans. How does it happen that we can get a home mortgage or purchase a car with interest rates half of that being paid for student loans? We must make higher education affordable for all. We must substantially lower interest rates on student loans. This must be a national priority.

  Bernie Sanders

  Home, Car, Priorities

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• It won't take weeks... Our military machine will crush Iraq in a matter of days and there's no question that it will.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Military, Iraq, Machines

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• Images, the visual power of present-day capitalism, like the ritual constructions of ancient Egypt, are refined ways of inhibiting and crushing man.

  Edmundo Desnoes

  Men, Egypt, Way

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• I like to go to England, and I'll tell you why. I like to go to a country where I am considered the best-looking person. It's as simple as that. Hollywood, kind of a crushing ego blow - 'Hey Buddy Holly, you are so old, have you not perished in a plane crash?' But not in England, good God, not there. In England, God bless that dinky island, there it's, 'Good God, look at him. He has all his teeth and his ears are in proportion to his head.' I'm Brad bloody Pitt on that island.

  Greg Proops

  Country, Blow, Simple

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• I finally just slept with my high school crush. But I swear; now he expects me to go to his graduation - like I know where I'm going to be in three years.

  Amy Schumer

  School, Years, Three

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• I have a huge crush on President George W. Bush. I saw him at a recent fundraiser, and he`s a babe. He`s got that Ronald Reagan charm. I think he`s hot. I respect his wife, but if he wasn`t married I`d be putting on my cowboy boots and coming around.

  Roseanne Barr

  Cowboy, Thinking, Wife

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• I don't seem to meet very many men I find attractive. And usually when I meet them and develop crushes on them they are usually straight. So I end up having more relationships with women.

  Brian Molko

  Men, Attractive, Ends

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• It's the city's crush and heave that move you; its intricacy; its endless life. You know the story about Manhattan as a wilderness purchased for strings of beads, but you find it impossible not to believe that it has always been a city; that if you dug beneath it you would find the ruins of another, older city, and then another and another.

  Michael Cunningham

  Believe, Moving, Cities

  Michael Cunningham (1998). “The Hours: A Novel”, p.14, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

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• Socialism crushes human rights, builds the state, impinges on the liberty of conscience, and breeds social, cultural, and economic degeneration.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Rights, Liberty, Socialism

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• Hazel GRACE!” he shouted. “You did not use your one dying Wish to go to Disney World with your parents.” “Also Epcot Center,” I mumbled. “Oh, my God,” Augustus said. “I can’t believe I have a crush on a girl with such cliché wishes.

  John Green

  Girl, Believe, Epcot

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