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Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend. What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here. Anne Lamott
It didn't seem fair that you could not prevent being the object of other people's emotions, you were not safe from their hate--or from their love, for that matter. You were never safe from being invaded by their feelings when you wanted only to be rid of them, free, off, away. Diane Johnson
Terry Goodkind quote: "Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't..."
Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves. Terry Goodkind
Jane Jacobs quote: "You can't rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put..."
You can't rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there. Jane Jacobs
Robert Graves quote: "You mean that people who continue virtuous in an old-fashioned..."
You mean that people who continue virtuous in an old-fashioned way must inevitably suffer in times like these? Robert Graves
I also thought about that seminar classmate on Adam's ninth birthday. Adam had insisted on going to a pizza-and-games arcade for his party. The only person he'd invited besides his sisters was someone I'll call Lonnie, whom Adam claimed to be his girlfriend. Although I had often heard Adam sing about Lonnie, I had never met her, or seen Adam interact with any girl. I was afraid that he would start humping her leg the second she came in range. These were fears I'd sustained since before he was... Martha Beck
James Madison quote: "Disarm the people- that is the best and most effectiveway to..."
Disarm the people- that is the best and most effectiveway to enslave them. James Madison
There is, indeed, nothing more annoying than to be, for instance, wealthy, of good family, nice-looking, fairly intelligent, and even good-natured, and yet to have no talents, no special faculty, no peculiarity even, not one idea of one's own, to be precisely "like other people. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dorothy Day quote: "We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their..."
We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it. Dorothy Day
I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards. Okay, so I should revise my standards; I'm out of step. I should yield to reality. I have never yielded to reality. That's what SF is all about. If you wish to yield to reality, go read Philip Roth; read the New York literary establishment mainstream bestselling writers….This is why I love SF. I love to... Philip K. Dick
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. So let us mark this day with remebrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. Barack Obama
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. Barack Obama
Anne Lamott quote: "But you can't teach writing, people tell me. And I say, 'Who..."
But you can't teach writing, people tell me. And I say, 'Who the hell are you, God's dean of admissions? Anne Lamott
To me, these people were as exotic as animals in a zoo. I'd never seen anything like them. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be one of them or simply live among them taking notes and photographs. Augusten Burroughs
Live steady. Don't fuck around. Give anything weird a wide berth -- including people. It's not worth it. I learned this the hard way, through brutal overindulgence....Back to Chicago; it's never dull out there. You never know exactly what kind of terrible shit is going to come down on you in that town, but you can always count on *something*. Every time I go to Chicago I come away with scars. Hunter S. Thompson

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