"Miracles are out there somewhere. You just got to find them."

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Source : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “Now Is the Hour”, p.4, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Tom Spanbauer

#Miracle Quotes

“Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened any more, and when Rabbit went on to say that Kangas were only Fierce during the winter months, being at other times of an Affectionate Disposition, he could hardly sit still, he was so eager to begin being useful at once.”
“Knowledge without know-how is sterile. We use the word academic in a pejorative sense to identify this limitation.”
“Once you empower people and say,' Here you are, now you get to dream the great dream of becoming a full citizen with equal rights and radical improvement in your living situation,' you are creating an illusion which will break one day.”
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here”
“There was sex, of course. Nakedness. Wall to wall, in and out of my thoughts. But when it was over it was her whispering voice I craved, and a human curled up in my arms.”
“Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences are no longer simply located within an institution or a national culture.”
“Have an open mind and an open heart. I'm not this bad person. I'm just doing what I have to do.”

Source : "Bruce Jenner: 'I'm a Woman'" by Ruthie Friedlander, www.elle.com. April 25, 2015.
“Songwriters are still the brightest people in any room.”

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