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I believe in mysticism, with an interior goal, and you are your own temple and your own priest. I don't believe anymore in religions, because you see today there are religious wars, prejudice, false morals, and the woman is despised. Religion is too old now; it's from another century, it's not for today.

~Alejandro Jodorowsky

Topics: Another Anymore Because Believe Century Despised False Goal Interior Morals Mysticism Now Old Own Prejudice Priest Religion Religions Religious Religious Wars See Temple Today Too Wars Woman You Your I Believe I Believe In

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Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

~Alice Miller

Topics: Against Contempt Defense Despised Feelings Own Unwanted Weak Weapon

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Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.

~Alison Bechdel

Topics: Always Changing Clothing Descriptions Despised Drew Get Girl Her Home Last Minute Nancy Out Outfits Read School Thing Wait Wanted

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When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

~Andrew Sullivan

Topics: Despised Loses Minority Popular Put Tiny Up Vote You

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I was a member of the Nationalist Party for several years. I don't remember how long. Those were very dreary days, because the Nationalist Party... it's hard to describe what it was. I suppose it held on to some kind of little faith, you know? It wasn't even sure what the faith was, and it was a very despised enterprise by everybody.

~Brian Friel

Topics: Because Days Describe Despised Dreary Enterprise Even Everybody Faith Hard Held How Kind Know Little Long Member Nationalist Party Remember Several Some Suppose Sure Those Very Were Years You

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Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

~Bryant H. Mcgill

Topics: Admired Bare Bring Condemnation Despised Efforts Even Insolence Otherwise Politeness Simple Social Those Unanimous While Who

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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.

~Charles Baudelaire

Topics: Art Being Changing Constantly Contingent Despised Element Eternal Fugitive Half Make Make Up Modernity Must Neglected One Half Other Transitory Up Which

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The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.

~Charles Eastman

Topics: American Been Conquerors Despised Generally His Native Native American Poverty Simplicity White

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There are many men who are forgotten, who are despised, and who are trampled on by their fellows, but there never was a man who was so despised as the everlasting God has been!

~Charles Spurgeon

Topics: Been Despised Everlasting Fellows Forgotten God Man Many Men Never Trampled Who

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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

~Christian Nestell Bovee

Topics: Despised Enthusiasm Everything Feared Great Inspiration Man None Without

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