Quote by Anne Lamott
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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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Some people seem to understand this – that life and change take time – but I am not one of those people. – Anne Lamott

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The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of Gods identity and love and ways. I hate that, but its the truth. – Anne Lamott

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I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history. – John Sherman Cooper

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How sick one gets of being good, how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness. – Alice James

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To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness. – Timothy Radcliffe

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I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport. – Todd Barry

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In matters of truth the fact that you dont want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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