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“Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower.”
Source : Robin Jones Gunn (1998). “A Whisper and a Wish”, Bethany House Pub
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“I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house. I am leaving England for a while." "For how long?" I asked him, determined to keep my composure. "Until I am quite recovered from you," he said evenly. "When will you return?" "Never.”
Source : Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.235, MIRA
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“It is dangerous for a spiritual master to accept almost any aspirant. Although it is an aspect of mercy, it is dangerous. The danger also depends on the spiritual potency of the particular guru. Without sufficient potency, a few offensive or faithless disciples can lead to the guru's fall.”
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“Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.”
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“You might have been able to fool people the first time, or something, but you really can't make a successful sequel today unless people really, really liked the predecessor.”
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“I'd rather play a maid than be one.”
Source : "Oscar's First Black Winner Accepted Her Honor in a Segregated 'No Blacks' Hotel in L.A." by Seth Abramovitch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 19, 2015. 
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“If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday, go do a couple theaters Friday, Saturday, maybe Sunday, come home.”
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“The attempt to divide art and politics is a bourgeois which says good poetry, art, cannot be political, but since everything is … political, even an artist or work that claims not to have any politics is making a political statement by that act.”
