Purging Quotes - Page 2

Take a woman talking,
purging herself with rhymes,
drumming words out like a typewriter,
planting words in you like grass seed.
You'll move off.

Anne Sexton

Women, Moving, Typewriters

Anne Sexton (2001). “Transformations”, p.44, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Slanders, sir, for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging think amber and plum-tree gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams.

William Shakespeare

Eye, Men, Thinking

'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [201]

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To militant Islamists, the expulsion of the Soviets was just the prelude to purging the entire Islamic world of infidels.

Gilles Kepel

Islamic, World, Prelude

Source: www.spiegel.de

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In the olden days, a memoir was something written by Churchill and people like that, because they had a grand experience and considered it useful for future generations. And then it became what it became - a public purging in which other people have the chance to judge you and then forgive you, perhaps learning something from your sorry example.

Aleksandar Hemon

Sorry, People, Judging

"There Is No Real Life". Interview with Brad Fox, www.guernicamag.com. March 15, 2013.

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When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process.

Lisa Marie Presley

Writing, Process, Therapeutic

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Sometimes I felt as a writer I was purging, and it almost hurt to purge to that level. Now it doesn't feel that way, maybe because I'm older. Maybe life has given me some punches, but it didn't knock me down.

Jill Scott

Hurt, Levels, Way

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When you're playing somebody who's going through a lot - frustration and hardship - you're just purging all your emotions, and it feels really good to do that.

Amanda Seyfried

Frustration, Hardship, Emotion

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There are a lot of people in each spot that you don't really know. I work with them that day, and move on and find new people. So purging and cleansing your friend list every day.

Raven-Symone

Moving, People, Cleansing

Source: www.seventeen.com

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For every diet there's an equal and opposite binge (bulimia which is binging and purging is another way of depriving yourself).

Geneen Roth

Opposites, Way, Bulimia

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Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's not celebrity-style social media information dumps. Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.

Brené Brown

Media, People, Feelings

Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.45, Penguin

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When you're starving or wrapped up in a cycle of binge-ing-and-purging, or sexually obsessed with (someone), it is very hard to think about anything else, very hard to see the larger picture of options that is your life, very hard to consider what else you might need or want or fear were you not so intently focused on one crushing passion. I sat in my room every night, with rare exceptions, for three and a half years.

Caroline Knapp

Crush, Passion, Night

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Tainting the Tea Party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There's no evidence that Tea Party adherence are any more racist than other Republicans and indeed many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats in November, having one's opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing joblessness.

Mary Frances Berry

Distance, Party, Winning

"Andrew Breitbart on 'Hannity': 'This Is Not About Shirley Sherrod'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. July 20, 2010.

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In the heroic effort of the handcart pioneers, we learn a great truth. All must pass through a refiner’s fire, and the insignificant and unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong. There seems to be a full measure of anguish, sorrow, and often heartbreak for everyone, including those who earnestly seek to do right and be faithful. Yet this is part of the purging to become acquainted with God.

James E. Faust

Strong, Fire, Lds

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You might tell me that you have been engaging in some deep questioning and theological rethinking.1 You can no longer live with the faith you inherited from your parents or constructed earlier in your life. As you sort through your dogma and doctrine, you’ve found yourself praying less, less thrilled about worship, scripture, or church attendance. You’ve been so focused on sorting and purging your theological theories that you’ve lost track of the spiritual practices that sustain an actual relationship with God. You may even wonder if such a thing is possible for someone like you.

Brian D. McLaren

Spiritual, Practice, Track

Brian D. McLaren (2011). “Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words”, p.2, Harper Collins

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Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control.

Tracey Gold

Sick, Anorexia, Eating Disorder

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