"Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. It means that you are willing to stop being such a jerk. When you are aware of all that has been given to you, in your lifetime and the past few days, it is hard not to be humbled, and pleased to give back."

-- Anne Lamott

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“People get so upset about lyrics, and they're probably totally cool with horror movies. That doesn't really make sense.”

Source : "To Learn as a Listener". Interview with Marc Masters, Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. July 1, 2011.
“We definitely have a hardcore following.”
“Four Very Powerful Words to say to your child: I Believe in you!”
“It's not great if someone gives you sort of bland praise without giving you clear direction and say, "This is good, let's try it like this." I have worked with someone who seemed quite inarticulate and just would say, "That's good, that's good." That's very frustrating because - it's nice to know something is good but you know it can always change.”
“I think it's just yet another piece to cause confusion and I think that the 'so-called scientific debate' is very silly now - It's like a bunch of theologians arguing over how many angels you can stick on the head of a needle. When you've got a side that changes from global warming, global warming, global warming to climate change, which is intuitive - the climate has always been changing since the beginning of time - and then just begins to claim every answer is the correct answer, you often stand back, and I don't care who you are, you have to question as to what the real motive is in this.”
“I seemed to vow to myself that some day I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till I came to one of the poles of the earth, the end of the axis upon which this great round ball turns.”
“I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.”
“There is no greater discovery than seeing God as the author of your destiny.”

Source : Ravi Zacharias (2009). “Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows”, p.178, Zondervan

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