"I think it just takes time in order to come to a place where your comfortable being who God made you to be."

-- Andrew Ripp

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“And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process.”
“What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?”

Source : Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.235, Random House
“It was not in my nature to be an assertive person. I was used to looking to others for guidance, for influence, sometimes for the most basic cues of life. And yet writing stories is one of the most assertive things a person can do. Fiction is an act of willfulness, a deliberate effort to reconceive, to rearrange, to reconstitute nothing short of reality itself. Even among the most reluctant and doubtful of writers, this willfulness must emerge. Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying, â€œListen to me.”

Source : "Trading Stories". www.newyorker.com. June 13 & 20, 2011.
“Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.”
“Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose.”
“If I have to change my religious beliefs, I would not marry the person that I love because the first person that I love is God, who created me. And I have my faith and my principles and this is what makes me who I am. And if that person loves me, he should love my God too.”

Source : "Miss Universe 2011: Did 'Love my God' Answer Cost Shamcey Supsup the Crown?" by Ravelle Mohammed, www.christianpost.com. September 13, 2011.
“Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.”
“You're always trying to find new stuff and new inspiration. If you don't really push and you don't try something that feels exciting, then it's not worth doing.”

Source : "The Walkmen". Interview With Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. November 25, 2008.

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