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I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled – all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you – stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame. – Anne Lamott

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You can safely assume that youve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. – Anne Lamott

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Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother. – Anne Lamott

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I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect. – Shia LaBeouf

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I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know. – Roland Joffe

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Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. – Eldridge Cleaver

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But its important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many of our youngest kids need to learn to respect themselves. You learn your worth from the way you are treated. – Anna Quindlen

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