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“She still remembered sitting for hours as a little girl and pretending to be a hassock. A foot stool. Because if she could just stay very small, and very quiet, her mother would forget she was there, and then she wouldn't scream about people and places and things that had gone wrong.”
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“There's no way to prove that there is no God. You just have to take it on faith.”
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“Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.”
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“We shall not surrender.”
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“I don't practice. It's a gift. It's talent. Obviously, I do it all the time so it's like I'm practicing, but that's just what I do. Sometimes I'll be in the studio flipping through beats and I'll do something quick and people will be like, "What the?!" It's natural! I don't need to be nice like that, I just do it.”
Source : Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. February 6, 2012.
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“We are a blend of dust and divinity.”
Source : "The World's Religions". Book by Huston Smith, 1991.
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“If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.”
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“Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.”
Source : "Robert Caro: a life with LBJ and the pursuit of power" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2012.