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“Seducing ourselves, our own self-delusions, the things we think we want but we really don't. Advertising in America is when we are sold our own dreams and desires.”
Source : "The Misadventures of Iris Smyles". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 29, 2016. 
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“I really like to travel when I write. Something about seeing new things and being in new cultures and environments provokes new thoughts in your head.”
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“To describe the agony of a marathon to someone who's never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born blind.”
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“The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.”
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“Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.”
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“If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.”
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“Growing up in New Orleans, my mom and dad were churchgoers. I would go to church with them. Also, I was going to a Catholic school so I had a fascination with the Catholic Church mainly because, in my mind, (their services) didn't take as long. I was bouncing in between my mom's Baptist church, which was called Second Zion Baptist, and going to a Catholic Church.”
Source : "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. December 2011.
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“The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.”
