“ There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators. ”
- Steven Wright- Copy
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“ I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet… It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house not be able to leave. ”
- Elizabeth Hurley- Copy
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“ Something about her eyes or voice has always suggested the hint of a free spirit, trapped in a Peck and Peck cage, dreaming of making rude noises at public gatherings of Republicans. ”
- Jeff Greenfield- Copy
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“ Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues. ”
- Cullen Hightower- Copy
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“ Envy has the ugliness of a trapped rat that has gnawed its own foot in its effort to escape. ”
- Angus Wilson- Copy
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“ "People get trapped into thinking about just one way of doing things.". ”
- Erik Weihenmayer- Copy
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“ Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat. ”
- Peter Sellers- Copy
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“ Our humanity is trapped by moral adolescents. We have too many men of science, too few men of God. The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom and power without conscience. ”
- General Omar Bradley- Copy
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“ Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilization…Without it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility. ”
- Bill Moyers- Copy
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“ the Law of Stress-Hardinesss…states that stress is not only to be expected but preferred…we can and should develop an positive, workable approach to stress management…Think of it. The perfect no-stress environment is the grave…When we change our perception we gain control… ”
- Greg Anderson- Copy
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“ It is true that there are exercises that can strengthen the 'muscle' that enable us to push back the bounds of acceptation. But these are relatively unimportant. The real problem is that we are trapped in misconceptions that always deceive us, as the matador's cape deceives the bull; that continue to deceive us a million times over the course of a lifetime… ”
- Colin Wilson- Copy
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“ If the record company won't let you put a record out, then you've nothing to promote, and they're not going to help you out with the tour budget if you've nothing to promote. So basically we were kind of trapped. And all the songs we would have written would have been owned by Mercury until they released us… ”
- Dave Mason- Copy
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“ I used the music kind of as therapy, and it's just amazing that I feel so free after doing that. I feel like I had it trapped inside of me and now I feel free. So it's been a very good therapy session for me as well. ”
- Vanilla Ice- Copy
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“ The miracle is that some have stepped out of the rags of the Republic's definition to assume the great burden and glory of their humanity and their responsibility for one another. It is an extraordinary achievement to be trapped in the dungeon of color and to dare to shake down its walls and to step out of it leaving the jailkeeper in the rubble. ”
- James Baldwin- Copy
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“ There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury but a biological need. Just as humans possess a herding instinct that keeps us close to others most of the time, we also have a conflicting drive to seek out solitude. If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped. ”
- Jeffrey Kottler- Copy
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“ The perfect no-stress environment is the grave. When we change our perception we gain control. The stress becomes a challenge, not a threat. When we commit to action, to actually doing something rather than feeling trapped by events, the stress in our life becomes manageable. ”
- Greg Anderson- Copy
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“ The business of the people must not be neglected… The way of the people is this: If they have a certain livelihood, they will have a fixed heart. But if they do not have a certain livelihood, they will not have a fixed heart. And if they do not have a fixed heart, they will participate in any kind of self-abandonment, moral deflection, depravity, and wild license… ”
- Mencius- Copy
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