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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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Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere… You dont have to dress up, for instance, and you cant hear them boo you right away. – 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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Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you dont give up. – Anne Lamott

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Madonna is a pro. I dont like her and have no respect for her but- I dont think she should be called a musician or a dancer or whatever you know, but I do have, well I do have respect for her ability to completely manipulate the media and have them work for her. – Jon Fishman

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Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the shows high standards of professionalism I consider this a tremendous honor that few announcers have ever been treated to. Both Rods and Johnnys shoes are huge I cant think about filling them. – Randy West

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People respect you more if you just play and blow something out than if you take the easier road. Thats how we think. You get more respect and people play harder for you. Just play till you blow it. Just play till it goes. – Terry Bradshaw

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For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to become self-sufficient with respect to wheat production but also paved the way to rapid increase in its production in other countries. – Norman Borlaug

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Love’s secret is always lifting its head out from under the covers, Here I am! – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks

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In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldnt have to ride around with jerks. – Scott Adams

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