"Those were the 'ifs' that kept me from making a fool of myself."

-- Kami Garcia

“A major criterion for judging the anxiety level of any society is the loss of its capacity to be playful.”

Source : Edwin H. Friedman, Margaret M. Treadwell, Edward W. Beal (2007). “A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix”, p.201, Church Publishing, Inc.
“I didn't come to Nashville to put on a cowboy hat and pretend to be a country singer. My attraction to Nashville as Music City is the variety and flexibility: the fact that there's so many musicians at your disposal, so many amazing studios and talented people that you can draw from. ... I try to be myself, but at the same time I'm learning a lot, and I'm pulling from not only from the well of inspiration that I'm getting from Nashville, but I'm pulling from my roots.”
“We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's a punch in the belly to see what has happened in the church and the world. Dualistic thinking seems to have taken over the church and our politics to a really neurotic degree.”
“If you aren't serving, you're just existing, because life is meant for ministry.”
“Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.”
“Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.”
“Add one little bit on the end... Think of 'potato,' how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else...? There ya go...alright!”
“Actually, you know what? You keep thinking I'm God's gift to women, angel. It's better for me if you believe I'm the best you can get.”

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