Nobody opposed it and I was very happy with their response. They appear to be open-minded, notwithstanding the wounds and the scars they have suffered.
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One writes of scars healed, a loose parallel to the pathology of the skin, but there is no such thing in the life of an individual. There are open wounds, shrunk sometimes to the size of a pin-prick but wounds still. The marks of suffering are more comparable to the loss of a finger, or the sight of an eye. We may not miss them, either, for one minute in a year, but if we should there is nothing to be done about it.
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Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
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I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels instead of the higher primates.
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The stress of the season and the emotional tear of the season have left a lot of scars in that locker room. I'm going to be honest with you. Some of our guys will finally have a chance to grieve, and they probably need that.
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Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking and now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.
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So shall I fight, so shall I tread, In this long war beneath the stars; So shall a glory wreathe my head, So shall I faint and show the scars, Until this case, this clogging mould, Be smithied all to kingly gold.
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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this.
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Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are.
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Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love? by
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If life is a battle, then my inner scars are medals for valor, for swiftness, for courage, for passion. Evil is the dark-haired brother of Good; they walk hand in hand–always.
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I think everybody has brokenness. There's no doubt about that. We live in a fallen world. This is not heaven. Everybody has scars. Everybody is hurting somewhere, I guarantee you that. Everyone has a hidden hurt.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
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What you have lost will not be returned to you. It will always be lost. You're left with only your scars to mark the void. All you can choose to do is go on or not. But if you go on, it's knowing you carry your scars with you
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Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.
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He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
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Turn your scars into stars
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The scars you acquire by exercising courage, Will never make you feel inferior.
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God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
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Sometimes the deepest scars are the ones that you can't see.
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Scars are tattoos with better stories
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Time may heal all wounds, but scars can last a lifetime.
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