"A speaker is like a lousy auto mechanic: Every time he fixes something in the language, he screws up something else."

-- Joseph H. Greenberg

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“The staggering babies embody the deepest truth about deep practice: to get good, it's helpful to be willing, or even enthusiastic, about being bad. Baby steps are the royal road to skill.”

Source : Daniel Coyle (2010). “The Talent Code: Greatness isn't born. It's grown”, p.94, Random House
“Raphael continued to stare at me, in no hurry to get started. "You know the best way to get rid of a demon, right?" He asked with a serious face. I caught Ivy rolling her eyes as I shook my head. "Exorcise alot!" Ivy caught my expression of dismay. "It's okay, Beth. He's famous for his bad jokes. We're still waiting for him to grow up." "And like Peter Pan, I hope to avoid that at all costs.”
“I remember, on the medevac helicopter, I said to myself, "I am not f - - g dying in Afghanistan." People talk about having flashbacks; I began having flash-forwards. I began thinking of all the things I still wanted to do.”

Source : Interview with Lisa Rueff, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“We don't believe we are too sexy for our hair.”

Source : "The Case Against Wearing Hijab To Support Muslim Women". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. December 22, 2015.
“You have to hold onto your fantasy.”
“It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus.”
“I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.”
“In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.”

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