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Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their children who have the notion that writing is an actual profession. I say this from experience. – Susan Orlean

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My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made a new friend, I made a point of finding out his or her birthday early on, and I would record it in my Filofax calendar. – Susan Orlean

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When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home, I burst into tears. It wasnt the emotion of the moment: it was shock and horror. – Susan Orlean

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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. – Ansel Adams

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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression. – E. W. Howe

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Ive always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal. – Trey Anastasio

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What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give. – David Ogden Stiers

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He who would search for pearls must dive below. – John Dryden

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We are born weak, we need strength helpless, we need aid foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to mans estate, is the gift of education. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. – Benjamin Franklin

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What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and youre going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people. – Elizabeth Olsen

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