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Ghettos and barrios and abusive homes and trauma wards may produce scarred souls; they can cripple more human spirits than they strengthen.

John Ortberg

American Clergyman

Born: May 5, 1957

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Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Religion Men Damn Cripple About Slums Economic Spiritually Concerned Souls Conditions Any Burial Social Them Social Conditions Strangle Awaiting

Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance. P. J. O'Rourke

Ignorance Law Evil Ideology National Think Defense Liberals Rule Guided Rule Of Law Cripple Would Would-Be Individual Instead Economy Exhaust Smug Were National Defense Plans Coherent Creeps

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies. Jim Morrison

Truth Sex Too Battered Cripple Rules Ourselves Tell Tries Lies Pretenses Bound Heard Move Body Full Hardly

Practically everybody knows what it's like to feel anxious, worried, nervous, afraid, uptight, or panicky. Often, anxiety is just a nuisance, but sometimes it can cripple you and prevent you from doing what you really want with your life. But I have some great news for you: You can change the way you feel. David D. Burns

Life Great News You Change Anxiety Sometimes Nervous Everybody Worried Way Cripple Some Prevent Feel Like Practically Knows Doing Anxious Often Just Afraid Want Uptight Really Your Nuisance

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom. L. Neil Smith

Women Problem Men Men And Women Poverty Back Boom Cripple Those Destroy Responsible Solved Abolish Economy Intelligent Which Capable Capacity Taxes Then Stand Productive Regulations Watch

I write an actual script rather quickly - a draft will take me two weeks - but I write a lot of drafts. My big thing is I don't re-read. When I write, I never re-read back. I'll send it, because if I re-read back, it will cripple me. Abi Morgan

I'm always dealing with this sadness. I don't want to be Morrissey or anything, but it is a thing I deal with it. Every day, when I wake up, I have to make a decision to fight this depression. That sounds horrible but I'm fine with it; it's who I am; it's my life. I try not to let it cripple me. Bobcat Goldthwait

Life Depression Day Me Fight Every Day Sadness Wake Up Try Decision My Life Every Cripple Fine Horrible Make Deal Dealing Always Am Sounds Wake Up Want Anything Who Thing

Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her. David Lehman

Keep a meter on your fear. Fear can cripple you. Duff McKagan

You Fear Cripple Meter Your Keep

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