"you are right where you should be / now act like it"

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Source : Michelle Tea (2004). “The Beautiful: Collected Poems”, Manic d Press

Michelle Tea

“I always look forward to playing in Toronto because it's such a historic city when it comes to hockey.”
“The latest developments in Iraq are deeply troubling, but as the United States considers military and diplomatic responses to the actions of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) action, we should be clear that U.S. troops on the ground cannot go a million miles near a sectarian civil war-it's simply not an option.”
“OneÂ night I prayed to God, I asked could he please remove my enemies from my life, and before you knew it I started losing friends.”
“Is the sea drying up? It is going up into mist and coming down on us in this water spout, the rain. It raineth every day, and the weather represents our tearful despair on a large scale.”
“In Russia I went to a great yeshiva, and in America I work in a carnival.”
“There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.”

Source : Patrick F. McManus (1984). “Never Sniff A Gift Fish”, p.157, Macmillan
“Our minds can be kept free of anxiety as we dump the load of our cares on the Lord in prayer.”
“The calf scramble will be during both rodeo performances and consist of children attempting to catch and halter several loose calves. If a child succeeds, he or she will receive a certificate to purchase a breeding animal to raise and bring back to the livestock show next year.”

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