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• Because of their excessive commitment to a literal Bible, fundamentalist Christians have fallen into the trap of biblioltry.

  Mel White

  Christian, Commitment, Notable

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• The road to success, for me, was a long and arduous journey, strewn with obstacles and traps, pitfalls and hurdles-all created by myself. Painful as it is, I speak of those sad and frustrating times whenever I am invited to address sales gatherings, corporate conventions, and success rallies, in the hope that my personal experiences will serve as sufficient evidence for all who hear me that they have it in their own power to make their lives as glorious or as terrible as they choose.

  Og Mandino

  Success, Journey, Long

  Og Mandino (1991). “Og Mandino”, Outlet

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• I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you cant see beyond it.

  Kim Cattrall

  Hard Work, Past, Thinking

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• Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.

  Kimberly Elise

  Fall, Ego, Hollywood

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• Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do or so many challenges pressing down upon you that it is hard to keep focused on that which is essential? When things of the world crowd in, all too often the wrong things take highest priority. Then it is easy to forget the fundamental purpose of life. Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people. It is distraction. He would have good people fill life with 'good things' so there is no room for the essential ones. Have you unconsciously been caught in that trap?

  Richard G. Scott

  Powerful, People, Priorities

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• I know that family life in America is a minefield, an economic trap for women, a study in disappointment for both sexes.

  Anne Roiphe

  Family, Sex, Disappointment

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• Shaytan will tell you that you’re not worthy, so give up. But his traps are based on lies. When was any of it because of *your* worth? It was all because of His mercy, His generosity, His love of giving, and forgiving. And those qualities don’t change because you’re messing up. Just seek them. Call Him by His mercy, not by your deeds.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Giving Up, Lying, Generosity

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• The planet needs trees. If there is indeed that carbon dioxide out there in the atmosphere, the only species on the planet that can actually trap it for us in a natural process of photosynthesis are the trees.

  Wangari Maathai

  Tree, Atmosphere, Needs

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that I may never fall into the trap of impressing people with clever speech, but instead I may learn to speak with humility, desiring only to impress people with Christ himself.

  Ignatius of Antioch

  Clever, Fall, Humility

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• I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.

  Kate Upton

  Girl, Fall, People

  "Tempting Kate" by Jessica Pressler, www.elle.com. September 20, 2013.

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• The unfortunate are not as miserable as the world imagines. That urchins, the handicapped, orphans, prisoners and others are much happier than people think. And that language is a trap, that a dark evolutionary force has created languages to limit human thought. That writers are overrated fools. That all religions come from ancient comic writers. And the ultimate goal of comics is same as the purpose of humanity – to break free from language.

  Manu Joseph

  Dark, Thinking, People

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• Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. Thats always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat.

  Curtis Stone

  Tourists, Want, Language

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• He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Government, People, Needs

  "Turkey Today" by Grace Ellison, London: Hutchinson, 1928.

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• The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?

  Zhuangzi

  Inspirational, Philosophy, Philosophical

  Zhuangzi, Burton Watson, Columbia College (Columbia University) (1968). “The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu”, p.302, Columbia University Press

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• I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing.

  Bjork

  Fall, Thinking, Want

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• Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.

  John Steinbeck

  Men, Bait, Literature

  John Steinbeck (2008). “Sweet Thursday”, p.214, Penguin

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• Traveling through the Dragon's Den, it has just been explained that Haroun, the Ifrit, has been caught in a mirror trap. Here is the passage that follows: "So," said Silas. "Now there are only three of us." "And a pig," said Kandar [the mummy] "Why?" Asked Miss Lupescu, with a wolf-tongue, through wolf teeth. "Why the Pig?" "It's lucky," said Kandar. Miss Lupescu growled, unconvinced. "Did Haroun have a pig?" asked Kandar, simply.

  Neil Gaiman

  Mirrors, Pigs, Dragons

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• You hear peewee coaches teaching the 'trap'. What the heck are we doing teaching the 'trap'? Let the kids go, let them have fun; that's how you improve.

  Bobby Orr

  Fun, Teaching, Kids

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• When I got sober and started working out, I fell into that trap of working out too much. I know a lot of guys can relate to that - if you don't get that runner's high every day, you feel like, 'Oh my God, I'm losing it.'

  Joe Perry

  Work Out, Guy, Too Much

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• You have the right to kill me, but you don't have the right to judge me. That's life. There's nobility in that. There's focus. It's genuine. It's crystal and it's pure and it's available to everybody, so just shut your traps and put down your McDonalds, your vaccines, your Us Weekly, your TMZ and the rest of it.

  Charlie Sheen

  Mcdonalds, Vaccines, Judging

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• If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

  Paul Beatty

  Funny, Life, Humor

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• If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. I have never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting. I wake early and hear my morning voices leaping around in my head like jumping beans. I get out of bed to trap them before they escape.

  Ray Bradbury

  Faith, Morning, Teaching

  "The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing". 2010.

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• I just know that any time I undertake a case, I'm apt to run into some kind of a trap.

  Carolyn Keene

  Running, Kind, Cases

  Carolyn Keene (1943). “Nancy Drew 11: The Clue of the Broken Locket”, p.70, Penguin

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• You trap yourself sometimes, by thinking desire and need is love. Love is something far more precious, but something far more fragile. As fragile as one of our tiniest, most intricate, most delicately crafted toys. Hold on to it too tightly, and it will crumble on your fingers, but hold on to it loosely, and the wind might blow it away and shatter it on the cold ground. Listen to the voice comes from your heart, but be absolutely sure the voice comes from your heart.

  Virginia C. Andrews

  Heart, Blow, Love Is

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• She mediated, by turns, on broken promises and broken arches, phaetons and false hangings, Tilneys and trap-doors.

  Jane Austen

  Doors, Broken, Promise

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