Drake
Rapper, singer, songwriter
"The worst mistake you can make is walking away from the person who actually stood there and waited for you."
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Walking Away
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Bryan Stevenson
Lawyer, Author
"But simply punishing the broken--walking away from them or hiding them from sight--only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. There is no wholeness outside of our reciprocal humanity."
John Locke
Philosopher, Physician
"As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears."
Kirk Franklin
Musician, Producer
"I believe that that's why you see all these Pew studies that come out that a lot of people are walking away from the faith. A lot of people are changing what they believe because they really feel lied to. I think that it's very important for people to know what they're signing up for."
Donald Miller
Author
"I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago, because a mind was made fo figure things out, not to read the same page recurrently."
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"The Queen is the only person who can put on a tiara with one hand, while walking down stairs."
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"Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts."
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"Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it."
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"Pause and remember - You deserve peace! So, don't feel bad for one moment about walking away from people, jobs, and situations that keep you from having peace of mind."
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"New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal. Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors."
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"But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?" "Easy," said the cat. "Think of somebody walking around the world. You start out walking away from something and end up coming back to it." "Small world," said Coraline. "It's big enough for her," said the cat. "spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies." Coraline shivered."
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"I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river."
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"*I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago... *So soon you will be in that part of the book where you are holding the bulk of the pages in your left hand, and only a thin wisp of the story in your right. *We get one story, you and I, and one story alone....It might be time for you to go. It might be time to change, to shine out."
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"He had risked his life and now it was walking away from him, hand-in-hand with a Ruffian prince."
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"I’m saying that I can wait. For now. But when things get back to normal—assuming that ever happens—I want my shot. We can make each other happy, Faythe. I know it. And I’m done walking away from things I want just because they don’t come easily. You’re worth the work."
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"For me, when you have to prepare to play God, and then walking away from that, you realize just how tough God's job is. I don't want that job."
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"You love the person for who they are, flaws and all. You can't help who you love, either. It comes from a different side of your brain than the logic part that tells you that this person is horrible for you - "You should walk away!" While you're walking away, the other part of your brain is trying to gain control of your bodily functions. "Turn around! She's the one!""
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"Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away."
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