"Courage, Alexander..... Courage, Tatiana"

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Paullina Simons

“I feel like Harriet Tubman, except I am trying to free people through underground music, to free themselves creatively and inspirationally.”
“I like to talk to people. I've got one assistant, one Blackberry. That's my overhead. I don't text that much or email. I like to sit down face-to-face and have a conversation with you. I'm old-fashioned.”
“I got my interest in Lotte Lenya and the Brecht-Weill canon from my parents. And I love classical music - I got that from my parents. I love Cole Porter - that I got from my dad.”
“My loneliness turned itself inside out and I grew myself a kind of perverse pride.”
“I donâ€™t know if youâ€™ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. Thatâ€™s why Iâ€™m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning.”
“I started cooking out of middle school depression.”
“I have truly moved beyond my victimization. I do not think of myself as a victim. I don't think of myself as a survivor. I think of myself as someone who through forgiveness has healed her soul and body and moved on to help other people.”
“The Law found more than it lost when Christ said, â€˜Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heavenâ€™ (Matthew 5:44-45). This most important commandment summarizes in a word the universal discipline of patience, since it does not allow us to do evil even to people who deserve it.”

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