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    Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.

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If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.

by Georg C. Lichtenberg Found in: Apathy Quotes,
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Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring asshole and proud of it.

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring asshole and proud of it.

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You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

by Chuck Palahniuk Found in: Apathy Quotes,
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He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, read more

He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still,
Which he may adhere to, yet disown,
For reasons to himself best known.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Will Quotes,
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The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.

The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.

by Bobby Knight Found in: Will Quotes,
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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

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Do not donut.

Do not donut.

by John C Lehman Found in: Will Quotes,
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The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.

The readiness of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.

by Robert Herrick Found in: Will Quotes,
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Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.
- quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers read more

Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.
- quoted by Thomas Babington Macaulay, The Rovers (act IV),

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