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“Biography can be the most middle-class of all forms, the judgment of little people avenging themselves on the great.”
Source : Self-interview, Dalkey Archive Press, 1994.
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“I have looked for the center of the art scene. I went to Paris as a student. I lived in Venice, California.”
Source : Eleanor Coppola (1979). “Notes”, Simon & Schuster
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“We all must educate children at the youngest ages that private parts are private, 'no' means no, and there is only one code of honor for everyone.”
Source : "Join the Debate". "The Arena" - Daily debate about the big issue of the moment, www.politico.com. July 21, 2012. 
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“Though the terror of the sea gives to none security, in the secret of the shell. Self preserving we may dwell.”
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“Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen, to love with our whole hearts, even though there's no guarantee... to practice gratitude and joy in those moments of terror... to say 'I'm just so grateful because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive'... to believe that we're enough. Because when we work from a place, I believe, that says, 'I'm enough', then we stop screaming and start listening, we're kinder and gentler to the people around us, and we're kinder and gentler to ourselves.”
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“Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.”
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“I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.”
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“I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.”
