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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
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Suppression
Free
Rubber
Water
Altogether
Desire
Beneath
Keep
Remove
Nature
Desires
Cannot
Boat
Nagging
Trying
Compulsive
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Understanding

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