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I wrestled with my Catholicism for a long time. It took a long time to escape. It began with a sense that it was repressive, stern, judgmental. It was passionate, but it was terrifying. There were individual priests and nuns who were helpful, but the religion was cold.

~David Rabe

Topics: Began Catholicism Cold Escape Helpful Individual Judgmental Long Long Time Nuns Passionate Priests Religion Repressive Sense Stern Terrifying Time Took Were Who

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I cannot escape the feeling that I was, at best, a cancer tourist, that my survival means I dabbled.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Best Cancer Cannot Escape Feeling Means Survival Tourist

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I'm obviously aware that most people don't agree with me, that people like to escape into a coherent world that is apart from their own.

~David Shields

Topics: Agree Apart Aware Coherent Escape Like Me Most Obviously Own People World

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There are millions of people living Thoreau's life of quiet desperation, and they do not have the language to escape from that desperation.

~David Whyte

Topics: Desperation Escape Language Life Living Millions Millions Of People People Quiet

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For me, wrestling was an escape. It was like a way out.

~Dean Ambrose

Topics: Escape Like Me Out Way Wrestling

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Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid.

~Dean Koontz

Topics: Because Book Books Could Disappear Escape House Kid Me Only Open Out Way Were Wonderful

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We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any book, any romance. It's entertainment, it's escape, and it can even be an inspiration!

~Debbie Macomber

Topics: Any Book Comforting Difficulties Entertainment Escape Even Face How Immerse Inspiration Our Own Romance Yourself

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Some women facing 'honour' crimes require relocation far outside the reaches of their extended families and changes of identity to escape detection.

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Changes Crimes Detection Escape Extended Facing Families Far Honour Identity Outside Require Some Women

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Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.

~Demi Lovato

Topics: Creativity Demons Escape Helps Inner Lot Me

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Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract.

~Dennis Prager

Topics: Also Communist Contract Escape Expand Government Liberty Must Regime State Treasure Understand You

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