"People permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too late-in his hand."

-- Edna Ferber

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“To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.”
“Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is emptiness." That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase, "Emptiness is form." One should not think that these are two seperate things.”
“One of my most strong memories was studying with Mel Bochner, one of the, I think, high water marks of American conceptual art.”
“Anonymity is a wonderful thing if you can hang on to it. I live in Pasadena where we try to keep the movie people out. We discourage them from moving in our neighborhood and if they do we burn effigies on their lawns.”
“Nothing is out of reach for Jesus.”

Source : Stasi Eldredge (2014). “Free to Be Me: Becoming the Young Woman God Created You to Be”, p.80, David C Cook
“It's not so much what you learn about Mumbai, it's what you learn about yourself, really. It's a funny old hippie thing, but it's true as well. You find out a lot about yourself and your tolerance, and about your inclusiveness.”
“My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway.”
“I have always been very calm on the outside.”

Source : Interview with Richard Williams, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2005.

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