Winston Churchill
Politician, Writer, Historian
"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision."
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Reactions
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Elizabeth Taylor
Actress
"I don't have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit"
Viktor E. Frankl
Psychiatrist, Neurologist
"An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior."
Leon Trotsky
Revolutionary, Politician
"Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction..."
Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"Non-reaction to the ego in others is one of the most effective ways not only of going beyond ego in yourself but also of dissolving the collective human ego."
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"To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction."
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"Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear."
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"Remember that our reactions are a product of our perceptions, and our perceptions are a result of what is at the center of our life."
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"Stress comes from within; it is your reaction to circumstances, not the circumstances themselves."
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"I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance."
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"Sometimes people's reactions tell more about themselves."
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"Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?"
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"What kind of alchemy could create a perfume that would make a reaction to a person lukewarm, indifferent and apathetic?If such a scent could be made I'd like some."
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"I'm petrified of bees because I have an anaphylactic reaction to bees."
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"If people tell you what you really don't want to hear what's unpleasant-there's an almost automatic reaction of antipathy. You have to train yourself out of it."
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"Order is ... the true key to rapidity of reaction."
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"Choosing what we think rather than reaction to our emotions."
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"Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you."
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"Attack is the reaction. I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds."
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"People love to see reactions, they love to see emotions that come about."
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"Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it."
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"The gastric laboratory uses its protein ferment under an acid reaction."
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"The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate."
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"Non- reaction is not weakness, But Strength!"
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"You don't reward reaction; you reward results."
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