"Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are."

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Pearl Cleage

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“Pain is a spiritual wake-up call showing you that there are oceans you have not yet explored. Step beyond the world you know. Reach for heights that you never thought possible. Go to places you have deemed off limits. This is the time to take off the shell of your past and step into the rich possibilities of your future. God does not give us dreams that we cannot fulfill. If you want to do something great with your life-whether it's to fall madly in love, become a teacher, be a great parent-if you aspire to do something beyond what you are doing now, this is the time to begin. Trust yourself.”
“Mystery lies over the sea. Every ship is bound for Thule.”
“Scientific discovery is not valuable unless it has commercial value.”
“The liberation of women from exclusive domesticity did not originate in feminist books, or a war, or a big inflation, although they contributed to its progress. The rising enrollment of women in the paid labor force is a straightforward consequence of the industrial revolution of two hundred years ago.”
“I like being prepared. When things are going on and I have to learn my lines at the last minute, I'm never quite secure enough to allow it to be spontaneous. So the more prepared I am, the more I'm able to kind of let it go . . .”
“Below are some quotations along these lines. Select a quote for your Gothic Myspace layout or contribute one of your own.”
“The object is not to make the tree look like a bonsai, but to make the bonsai look like a tree.”
“If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.”

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