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The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.

~Blaise Pascal

Topics: Absent Cause Consciousness Ignorance Pleasures Present Vanity

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People who want to express themselves need to be given an opportunity. For me, it's a very fundamental premise: you break the law, you're going to jail. Absent that, you're entitled to say whatever you want to say within reason.

~Bob Buckhorn

Topics: Absent Break Entitled Express Fundamental Given Going Jail Law Me Need Opportunity People Premise Reason Say Themselves Very Want Whatever Who Within You

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Paul Riser tells it in an interesting way; he dissects it and tells the structure, you know, 'you don't mention that part here.' But that's what's interesting about it and the people who are absent are interesting too.

~Bob Saget

Topics: About Absent He Here Interesting Know Mention Part Paul People Structure Tells Too Way Who You

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The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity.

~Bryant H. Mcgill

Topics: Absent Any Attainment Be Yourself Conformity Creates Dangerous Education Lesson Should Supreme Think Yourself

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The kinds of roles dogs fill can be hard to come by in human relationships. We touch the dog or the pet at whim. There is a lack of self-consciousness and a fluidity to it that is absent from most human relationships. If someone acted that way to you, you'd feel claustrophobic pretty quickly. It's a boundary violation.

~Caroline Knapp

Topics: Absent Acted Boundary Claustrophobic Come Dog Dogs Feel Fill Hard Human Human Relationships Kinds Lack Most Pet Pretty Quickly Relationships Roles Self-Consciousness Someone Touch Violation Way Whim You

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I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did. I was continuously working and doing various things.

~Cat Stevens

Topics: Absent Appeared Being Business Continuously Did Doing Dropped Just Music Music Business Never Out Really Suppose Things Various Working

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If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.

~Charles B. Rangel

Topics: About Absent Father Nobody Relationship Talks

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The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

~Charles Reade

Topics: Absent Children Defend Helpless Like Themselves

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'Chels-emojis' are in the works. I use emojis heavily in life, and I think a lot of people do. There are a number that are frustratingly absent - you know how there's kind of a generic white man and a generic white woman? I just want to put a generic black man and a generic black woman.

~Chelsea Peretti

Topics: Absent Black Generic How Just Kind Know Life Lot Man Number People Put Think Use Want White Woman Works You I Think

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Although awareness of cancer's prevalence in the United States improves and medical advances in the field abound, pancreatic cancer has largely been absent from the list of major success stories.

~Chris Van Hollen

Topics: Abound Absent Advances Although Awareness Been Cancer Field Improves Largely List Major Medical States Stories Success United United States

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