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“One helpful thing to keep in mind as a retort-stopper is that you won't "win," you won't change anyone's mind, you won't change any votes, you won't make the atmosphere in the room any better, YOU won't feel any better.”
Source : "Carolyn Hax Live: Use the china". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. November 20, 2015.
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“For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive.”
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“Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister.”
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“Kauai is kind of my place where I go to get centered. Its always my place to come back and feel normal again.”
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“Young people, take heart: the older you get, the fewer commandments you will have the strength to break.”
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“America is a bunch o' bullies. Tell me what the Iraq uniform is like. Don't worry, I'll wait.”
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“We should not forget that our tradition is one of protest and revolt and that it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past. . .while we silence the rebels of the present.”
Source : "Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent". Book by Henry Steele Commager, 1954.
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“The universe is seeming really huge right now. I need something to hold on to.”
Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “We Were Liars”, p.36, Delacorte Press