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“God's idea of redemption is community-shaped.”
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“I think people fail to realize that teams and organizations have been stacking teams since way back in the day.”
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“A woman isn't as old as she thinks she is. She's as old as men think she is.”
Source : Billie Burke, Cameron Shipp (2016). “With Powder on My Nose”, p.177, Pickle Partners Publishing
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“Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color.”
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“I love my films. I have stacks and stacks of DVDs. I put 'Last of the Mohicans' on the other day with Daniel Day-Lewis. It hurts me to say it because he's a Millwall fan, but I think he's fantastic.”
Source : "Alvin Martin: 'Scousers and cockneys get on. It's the mickey-taking'". Interview with Jacob Steinberg, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2011. 
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“I just think if I can go from being a homeless kid with a dream of being in the biggest band in the world and making that happen, I can do a lot of other cool stuff, too.”
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“My instinct tells me "purpose" is maybe the enemy of a good personal essay. In my own experience, I'm always lost and wandering and searching - where am I? how'd I get in this mess? what's the point? - right through to the final draft, and sometimes even beyond that - baffled and defeated still, confused as to purpose long after the thing's in print. I never really have a guiding purpose or a point, not at the outset, anyway. It's like life: It's all discovered en route.”
Source : "Loitering: A Conversation with Essayist and Author Charles D'Ambrosio". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. February 3, 2016.
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“It's true I've got no shirts to wear; It's true my butcher's bill is due; It's true my prospects all look blue-- But don't let that unsettle you”
