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Thirty wretched years were nothing but darkness and pain, ...

Thirty wretched years were nothing but darkness and pain, and I had the urge to commit suicide and be done with it all.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about pain, nothing

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or...

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.

Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about tradition, philosophy

When you're younger, you've got more fire in your belly, an urge to make a name for yourself and maybe you think silence is not the way you want to be, you're a bit scared of it.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about advice, contentment, silence, name, fire, fire brigade

And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to reject them you can be my ally, you can be my friend but you cannot call yourself a conservative.

Quote by Mike Pence about politics, contentment

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson about nation, life, people

When a friend, then, indulges in the joy of unburdening a secret on to another friend's bosom, he makes the latter, in his turn, feel the urge to taste the same joy himself.

Quote by Alessandro Manzoni about friendship, joy, secret

I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the...

I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

Quote by Woody Allen about humor

No matter how many carts you have, you will always have...

No matter how many carts you have, you will always have the urge to build just one more.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, contentment

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