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Quote by Mary Oliver
To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. - Mary Oliv

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. – Mary Oliver

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We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up. – Mary Oliver

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Happiness
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Mary Oliver
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When its over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. – Mary Oliver

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amazing
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Mary Oliver
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In what you say of another, apply the test of kindness, necessity and truth, and let nothing pass your lips without a 2/3 majority. – Liz Armbruster, on rbrault.blogspot.com

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You want to run out in front, prepare to be tripped from behind. – S.A. Sachs

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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. – Buddha

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One should always play fair when one has the winning cards. – Oscar Wilde

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