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We cannot be free of nagging desires through suppression. This is like trying to keep a rubber boat beneath the water. But we remove compulsive desires altogether by understanding their nature.

Vernon Howard

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
Author
Writer
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Water
Rubber
Desire
Altogether
Keep
Beneath
Nature
Remove
Cannot
Desires
Trying
Boat
Nagging
Like
Understanding
Compulsive
Free
Suppression

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