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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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Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you. – Anne Lamott

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The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that youre only as well as you are. – Anne Lamott

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When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens. – Anne Lamott

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There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it. – Vanessa Paradis

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Well, I had an immense respect for Cirque du Soleil when I first say them in the 80s on a television show and just thought, you know, this group is really reinventing the circus, as you know. Because there wasnt three rings. There were no animals. – Criss Angel

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