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Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress. Melody Beattie

Live, Stress, Peaceful, Mind, Balance

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. - John Adams

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. John Adams

Great, War, Guilt

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. C. S. Lewis

Friendship, Art, Value, Survival, Like

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. - Hans Hofmann

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Hans Hofmann

Communication, Speak, Ability, Simplify

Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. But disabled lives are multi-faceted - brimming with personality, pride, ambition, love, empathy, and wit. Sinead Burke

Love, Struggle, Personality, Empathy

Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels. Ahmed Zewail

Education, Achievement, Quality, Pride

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. - Carl Reiner

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. Carl Reiner

Nature, Water, Snow, People, Find, Like

What being a socialist means is... that you hold out... a vision of society where poverty is absolutely unnecessary, where international relations are not based on greed... but on cooperation... where human beings can own the means of production and work together rather than having to work as semi-slaves to other people who can hire and fire. Bernie Sanders

Work, Vision, Fire, Together, Society

Imagine for a moment the result if everyone were to love one another as Jesus loves his disciples. We would have no bickering, quarreling, strife, or contention in our homes. We would not offend or insult one another either verbally or in any other way. We would not have unnecessary litigation over small matters. Joseph B. Wirthlin

Love, Moment, Small, Way, Result, Insult

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. - Pablo Picasso

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. Pablo Picasso

Art, Elimination

I believe that as a part of good governance, all agencies should be reviewing regulations and cleaning up those that may be outdated, redundant, or unnecessary. Seth Moulton

Good, Believe, Cleaning, I Believe, Up

Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible. Steve Nash

Impossible, Feel, Please Everyone, Need

No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary suffering; it simply performs its job horrifyingly well. Sebastian Junger

War, Job, Suffering, People, Battle, Gun

As important as it is to learn how to deal with different kinds of people, truly toxic people will never be worth your time and energy - and they take a lot of each. Toxic people create unnecessary complexity, strife, and, worst of all, stress. Travis Bradberry

Time, Stress, People, Energy, Important

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. Bertrand Russell

Respect, Prison, Opinion, Tyranny, Avoid

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest. Peace Pilgrim

Freedom, Great, Simplicity, Care, You

I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary. - Mitch Hedberg

I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary. Mitch Hedberg

Human, Pyramid, Once, Very, Saw

The daily glitter of skyscrapers competing with the stars is an unnecessary, unforgivable decadence. Stephen Hough

Stars, Daily, Glitter, Competing

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin. T. E. Lawrence

Action, Me, Sin, Only, Waste, Shot

Everyone agrees that animals should not be exposed to unnecessary pain. But neither should scientists be hamstrung by the requirement to use anesthesia in every animal experiment that might cause pain. Timothy Noah

Animal, Pain, Animals, Everyone, Cause

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks. Chris Bell

Freedom, Risks, Eye, Data, Price, Keep

Conversation like television set on honeymoon... unnecessary. Peter Sellers

Conversation, Television, Honeymoon, Set

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. - Mark Twain

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. Mark Twain

Civilization, Limitless, Multiplication

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. - Samuel Beckett

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. Samuel Beckett

Silence, Like, Nothingness, Word, Stain

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. Samuel Johnson

Man, Time, Wise, Pain, Value, Wise Man

Fitting in is unnecessary. Embrace who you are. You will go through rough times in high school, but always stay strong, and never deny yourself! Neon Hitch

School, Yourself, Strong, High School

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