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“I just hugged the man that murdered my son.”
Source : "Forgiving Her Son's Killer: 'Not An Easy Thing'". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 20, 2011. 
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“Detroit is a fascinating place, because things are so bad there that the dystopia has almost become utopian. People know they can't rely on the state, that public infrastructure is broken, and they've taken their own measures. People are growing their own food and selling their produce to local stores and restaurants. It's certainly not a fix-all; Detroit's problems are too deep-rooted for quick-fix solutions. But it's a hopeful sign. Detroiters are crafting their own solutions rather than being passive in the face of the city's and state's actions and inactions.”
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“Every great move forward in your life begins with a leap of faith, a step into the unknown.”
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“We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.”
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“I met Jay Jonhson. I won him the way poor people occasionally win the lottery: Shameless perseverance and embarrassingly dumb luck, and every time I see one of those sly, toothless, beaten-down souls on TV holding a winning ticket, I think, Go, team.”
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“I think the moment that I'm very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people's perception of how you can do luxury fashion.”
Source : Interview with Tim Blanks, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 04, 2012.
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“Feedback for leaders is often nuanced and difficult to deliver. That said, hearing you are passive-aggressive from 10 different people described 10 different ways becomes hard to ignore.”
Source : "Treating the Dysfunctional CEO". scott.a16z.com. December 6, 2011.
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“I'm quite a broad girl, not at all delicate. I watch what I eat to stay in shape, but I'm against diets. I eat when I'm hungry, three meals a day.”
