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Compulsion is the death of friendship, joy.

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under co...

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That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts come into our minds ...

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It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

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Stephen R. DonaldsonThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Writer: It's not an occupation it's a compulsion.

When I was young, I had to choose between the life of being and the life of doing. And I leapt at th...

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It became clear that Keisha Blake could not start something without finishing it. If she climbed ont...

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Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.

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Alain BadiouEthics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil

For years, I worked seven-day weeks, through birthdays and most public holidays, Christmases and New...

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The thought of her gave me such a continual anguish that I could no more forget her than an aching t...

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The Andrians were the first of the islanders to refuse Themistocles' demand for money. He had put it...

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I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he w...

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The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not sh...

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Joan DidionSlouching Towards Bethlehem

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.

30 or 40 of such voluntary gentlemen would do more in a day than 100 of the rest that must be press'...

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30 or 40 of such voluntary gentlemen would do more in a day than 100 of the rest that must be press'...

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30 or 40 of such voluntary gentlemen would do more in a day than 100 of the rest that must be press'...

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30 or 40 of such voluntary gentlemen would do more in a day than 100 of the rest that must be press'...

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30 or 40 of such voluntary gentlemen would do more in a day than 100 of the rest that must be press'...

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30 or 40 of such voluntary gentlemen would do more in a day than 100 of the rest that must be press'...

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30 or 40 of such voluntary gentlemen would do more in a day than 100 of the rest that must be press'...

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30 or 40 of such voluntary gentlemen would do more in a day than 100 of the rest that must be press'...

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