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    Neil deGrasse Tyson
    “The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. —NDT”
    ― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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    Philip Larkin
    “They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
    They may not mean to, but they do.
    They fill you with the faults they had
    And add some extra, just for you.

    But they were fucked up in their turn
    By fools in old-style hats and coats,
    Who half the time were soppy-stern
    And half at one another's throats.

    Man hands on misery to man.
    It deepens like a coastal shelf.
    Get out as early as you can,
    And don't have any kids yourself.”
    ― Philip Larkin, High Windows
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    David Sedaris
    “Certain motherfuckers think they can fuck with my shit, but you can't kill the Rooster. You might can fuck him up some times, but, bitch, nobody kills the motherfucking Rooster. You know what I'm saying?”
    ― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day
    tags: family, perseverance, rooster, self-preservation
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    C. JoyBell C.
    “I am an extremely sincere individual. I am sincere, to a fault. One of the many things that I have come to realize, to learn, is that sincerity must be reserved and given only to those who deserve it. And one must save one's emotions, channeling them only to the people who are worthy of it. One must not throw one's pearls to the pigs.”
    ― C. JoyBell C.
    tags: emotions, inspirational-quotes, poise, self-preservation, sincerity, the-art-of-poise, wisdom-quotes
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    James Allen
    “A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.”
    ― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh
    tags: awakening, help-self, quotes, quotes-i-love, quotes-on-life, quotes-that-make-sense, quotes-to-define-my-life, self-awareness, self-empowerment, self-help, self-improvement, self-power, self-preservation, self-realization, strength-of-mind, weakness
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    C. JoyBell C.
    “As you go about your daily life, you will encounter many lemons. Sour expressions, sour attitudes, sour auras! The good thing is that if you don't want to be a lemon, you don't have to be! Just don't let those lemons rub themselves all over you! And you don't even have to save them! Let lemons be lemons! One of the most important things that I have ever learned, is that I don't have to save people.”
    ― C. JoyBell C.
    tags: dealing-with-people, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, lemons, life-and-living, people, saving-people, self-preservation, sour-attitudes
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    Judith Lewis Herman
    “After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment.”
    ― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
    tags: anxiety, danger, hypervigilance, jumpy, posttraumatic-stress-disorder, ptsd, self-preservation, startled, trauma, traumatized
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    C. JoyBell C.
    “It dawns on you one day... how precious your life is and how not okay it is for anyone, ever, to cause you any amount of suffering, ever. Then the next time you step out the door you look at everyone and you’re thinking, “My life is precious and you’re not allowed to hurt me.”
    ― C. JoyBell C.
    tags: inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, life-is-precious, love-thyself, loving-yourself, precious-life, protecting-yourself, self-preservation, wisdom-quotes
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    “When you're surrounded by stupidity, self-preservation isn't a sin.”
    ― Meljean Brook, Riveted
    tags: self-preservation, stupidity
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    A.J. Darkholme
    “Memories are meant to serve you, not enslave you.”
    ― A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar
    tags: acceptance, memories, past, perspective, self-preservation, struggles, understanding
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    Howard Tayler
    “Where's your sense of adventure?

    It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi.
    -Captain Tagon & Captain Andreyasn”
    ― Howard Tayler, Resident Mad Scientist
    tags: alibi, humour, mysterious-circumstances, self-preservation, sense-of-adventure
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