The reactance formulation, because of its articulation in terms of specific freedoms. . . provides insights into control motivation. . . Reactance theory conceives a modest form of control motivation. Reactance is directed toward the restoration of threatened or lost freedoms, and it is therefore (a) specific rather than general, and (b) reactive rather than proactive.

Markets rebounded quickly from morning jitters after the London Thursday terrorist bombing.

Cliff Stearns

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt

And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.

John Boehner

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

William Shakespeare

Many people might have attained wisdom had they not assumed they already had it.

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Too many athletes are living in a tiny window. They have no vision for themselves - what they can be outside of football and what they can mean to a community. They just don't know any better. My hopes and dreams are unlimited.

Junior Seau

I bear a charmed life.

William Shakespeare

Touch magic. Pass it on.

Jane Yolen

What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.

Doris Lessing

I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears.

James Herriot

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

Hiram Johnson

Don't fear change -- embrace it.

Anthony D'Angelo