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“It's always the same - all men and women want to be sexy.”
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“Whatever's there to feel, feel it—the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your own mortality. Get with someone you can trust with tears, with anger, and wonderment and utter silence.”
Source : "The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade".
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“Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.”
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“By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero.”
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“I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.”
Source : "Book Talk: Pat Benatar says her memoir took persuasion". Interview with Nick Zieminski, www.reuters.com. July 7, 2010. 
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“To put it bluntly and plainly, if Christ is not my Substitute, I still occupy the place of a condemned sinner. If my sins and my guilt are not transferred to Him, if He did not take them upon Himself, then surely they remain with me. If He did not deal with my sins, I must face their consequences. If my penalty was not borne by Him, it still hangs over me. There is no other possibility.”
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“I'm not enthused by these rap dudes. All in they videos, posin' half nude, with all of them tattoos, Til I blacken they eyes and have them lookin' like raccoons.”
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“I want the good life, but I don't want an easy ride. What I want is to work for it, feel the blood and sweat on my fingertips.”
