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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.

~Abu Bakr

Topics: Death Earnestness Life Will You

Keywords: Abandonment


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My earnestness at the injustices I witnessed when I was writing 'Random Family' may have been my gravest reportorial offense during the early years of reporting. When I discuss the book with students, they often ask me how I could 'stand by' in the face of so much suffering; the egregiousness wasn't my powerlessness but my surprise.

~Adrian Nicole Leblanc

Topics: Ask Been Book Could Discuss Early Early Years Earnestness Face Family How Injustices May Me Much Offense Often Powerlessness Random Reporting Stand Students Suffering Surprise Witnessed Writing Years

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I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness.

~Ana Gasteyer

Topics: Bette Dress Early Earnestness Extra Fancy Goal Hair Heels High High Heels Inspired More Very Wear

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There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.

~Annie Dillard

Topics: Age Certain Certain Age Child Earnestness English Long Looks Pleased Recognizable Speech Spoken Syllable True Which You

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I think the earnestness of what we're saying and what other bands like us are totally saying - or other queer bands - is 'We exist.'

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: Bands Earnestness Exist Like Other Queer Saying Think Totally Us I Think

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This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia.

~Benjamin Harrison

Topics: Against Because Being Concern Earnestness Enforced Express Found Friendly Government Harsh Measures Much Now Occasion Russia Serious Spirit

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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

~Blaise Pascal

Topics: Earnestness Enthusiasm Reason Tempered

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For me and my entire generation, we took on this kind of sarcastic, ironic, snarkiness because it seemed the most extreme reaction to the earnestness of hippies.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Because Earnestness Entire Extreme Generation Hippies Ironic Kind Me Most Reaction Sarcastic Seemed Took

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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

~Confucius

Topics: Circumstances Earnestness Five Generosity Gravity Kindness Perfect Practice Sincerity Soul Things Virtue

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