"I'd wanted to be a writer my whole life. But when I finally made it, I felt like a greyhound catching the mechanical rabbit she'd been chasing for so long--discovering it was merely metal, wrapped in cloth. It wasn't alive; it had no spirit. It was fake."

-- Anne Lamott

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“The thing I love about acting is that it's got nothing to do with me; it's about bringing forth a director's vision. It's like a release. I'm glad it's come back into my life.”
“In my opinion a mathematician, in so far as he is a mathematician, need not preoccupy himself with philosophy-an opinion, moreover, which has been expressed by many philosophers.”
“One of my motivations in life is to be a billionaire.”

Source : "The Forbes Five: Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Artists 2012". Interview with Zack O'Malley Greenburg, www.forbes.com. April 17, 2012.
“When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace.”

Source : Erwin W. Lutzer (2015). “Failure: the Back Door to Success”, p.77, Moody Publishers
“Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.”
“Compassion and love give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive.”
“That morning she pours Teacher's over my belly and licks it off. That afternoon she tries to jump out the window.”
“I am reading The Lord of the Rings. I suddenly wanted to. I almost know it by heart, but I can still sink right into it. I know no other book that is so much like going on a journey. When I put it down to this, I feel as if I am also waiting with Pippin for the echoes of that stone down the well.”

Source : Jo Walton (2011). “Among Others”, p.235, Macmillan

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