"I have no faith in the sense of comforting beliefs which persuade me that all my troubles are blessings in disguise."
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"The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther."
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"I was able to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death; rather, it was an active, palpable agent in the world."
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"It’s just very homey in Ireland. It’s very comforting and comfortable. There’s lots of fireplaces with fires. It’s just really cozy."
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"Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things."
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"Most men's conscience, habits, and opinions are borrowed from convention and gather continually comforting assurances from the same social consensus that originally suggested them."
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"Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it."
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"Greasy food is so comforting when you are hungover."
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"My belief is that art should not be comforting; for comfort, we have mass entertainment and one another. Art should provoke, disturb, arouse our emotions, expand our sympathies in directions we may not anticipate and may not even wish."
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"We may not know what to do, but it is sufficient to know the One who knows. We all like specific direction; however, when we don't have it, knowing God is faithful and ever true to His promise, and that He has promised to be with us always, is comforting and keeps us stable until His time is right to speak to us more specifically."
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"In a world gone bad, a bear - even a bear standing on its head - is a comforting, uncomplicated, dependable hunk of sanity."
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"Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy."
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"It was in a way a comforting idea; if there was all the time in the world, then the happenings of a given moment became less important."
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"Inertia is comforting, and Americans will be extremely reluctant to make any change that might affect their high standard of living."
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"Uncertainty in the pressure of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales."
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"I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing."
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"And in a picture I want to say something comforting, as music is comforting."
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"Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought."
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"[David Tennant's] Doctor has such humanity, he seems to understand us and he's very warm, so he's a comforting Doctor to be with, and he enables us to be slightly scarier than we had been."
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"That's the thing about conspiracy theories: in a comforting sort of way, they give rise to the feeling that someone, somewhere, knows what's going on."
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