"Now that I understand that I'm an..." - Quote by Eminem
Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.
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“We sing for these kids who don't have a thing.”
“I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.”
“‘Cause sometimes you just feel tired, feel weakAnd when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give upBut you gotta search within youAnd gotta find that inner strengthAnd just pull that shit out of youAnd get that motivation to not give upAnd not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face, and collapse.”
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“What is commonly called 'falling in love' is in most cases an intensification of egoic wanting and needing. You become addicted to another person, or rather to your image of that person. It has nothing to do with true love, which contains no wanting whatsoever.”
“Never take ecstasy, beer, baccardi, weed, pepto bismol, vivarin, tums, tagamet hb, xanax, and valium in the same day. It makes it difficult to sleep at night.”
“This dark diction has become America's addiction.”
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“He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.”
“I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend”
“I used to suffer particularly because the poor animals must endure so much pain and want. The sight of an old, limping horse being dragged along by one man while another man struck him witha stick he was being driven to the Colmar slaughterhouse - haunted me for weeks.”