"Write down how you really feel, not how you wish you felt or how you think you should feel, but how you really feel. Don't try to change it. Honor it: "This is how I feel." Express it, and then it's not suppressed and stored somewhere in your liver or somewhere else."

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Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net

Deborah King

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Somewhere Else Quotes

“The historical mission of our times is to re-invent the humanâ€”at the species level, with critical reflection, within the community of life-systems, in a time-developmental context, by means of story and shared dream experience.”
“My pick for Best Political Move of the Year, which is the decisive (ph) and this means it is actually the best political movement is Bill Clinton getting on the phone and encouraging Donald Trump to run for the president.”
“We insist that God must surely lead everyone as we believe He has led us. We refuse to allow God the freedom to deal with each of us as individuals. When we think like that, we are legalistic.”
“We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.”
“Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.”
“If writing seems hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things people do.”
“From earliest times, humans - explorers and thinkers - have wanted to figure out the shape of their world. Forever, the way we've done that is through storytelling. It is difficult to let the truth get in the way of a good story.”
“Schizophrenia is hearing voices, not doing voices.”

Source : "Stand-up Comedy and Mental Illness: A Conversation with Maria Bamford". Interview with David Haglund, www.slate.com. May 10, 2012.

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