Quotes with comfort-killing

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  • Billy Corgan People always called The Cure gloomy, but listening to The Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way.
    Corgan, William. Interview. Playboy (1997)
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Bob Cousy People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans.
    Bob Cousy
    American basketball player (1928 - )
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  • Raoul Vaneigem People without imagination are beginning to tire of the importance attached to comfort, to culture, to leisure, to all that destroys imagination. This means that people are not really tired of comfort, culture and leisure, but of the use to which they are
    Raoul Vaneigem
    Belgian philosopher (1934 - )
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  • Raoul Vaneigem Production and consumption are the nipples of modern society. Thus suckled, humanity grows in strength and beauty; rising standard of living, all modern conveniences, distractions of all kinds, culture for all, the comfort of your dreams.
    Raoul Vaneigem
    Belgian philosopher (1934 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones, though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Calista Flockhart Shows can come and go. They can be a hit and then in three years, gone. There's some comfort in having the stability of a job and having children. It's a double-edged sword.
    Calista Flockhart
    American actress (1964 - )
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  • Brent Scowcroft Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem.
    Brent Scowcroft
    American US Air Force officer (1925 - 2020)
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  • Publilius Syrus Society in shipwreck is comfort to all.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Arnold Rothstein Somehow, I had the feeling that I was responsible for Harry being dead. I remembered all the times that I wished he were dead, all the times I had dreamed of killing him. I got to thinking that maybe my wishing had finally killed him.
    Arnold Rothstein
    American racketeer, businessman and gambler (1882 - 1928)
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  • Bono The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Bernard Tschumi The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.
    Bernard Tschumi
    French-Swiss architect, writer, and educator (1944 - )
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  • Freya Stark The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.
    Freya Stark
    British travel story writer (1893 - 1993)
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  • Kahlil Gibran The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house as a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Woodrow Wilson The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Iris Murdoch The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • June Jordan The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se.
    June Jordan
    American poet and civil rights activist (1939 - )
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  • Bill Gates The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Martin Luther King The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Aesop The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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