"I worry that Jesus drinks himself to sleep when he hears me talk like this."

-- Anne Lamott

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“Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.”
“I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them.”
“I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it as something mercurial that required all the right conditions, but now I know that even if I don't get any sleep, I can still work, I can power through. The stars don't have to be perfectly aligned for me to do a good job.”
“People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.”
“When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.”
“Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.”
“I'm not fighting with myself. Oh, my God. That's how I am. You know, the story of the hippo? The hippo comes to the monkey and said, listen, I'm not a hippo. So, he paint himself like a zebra. He said but he's still a hippo. He said but look at you, you're painted like a zebra but you are a hippo. So then he goes, you know, like I want be a little parrot. So, he put the colours on him and he comes to the monkey and said but, sorry, you are a hippo. So, in the end, you know, he comes and said I'm happy to be a hippo. This is who I am. So, I have to be who I am and he's happy being a hippo.”
“Money is created through bank debt. When you go for a mortgage through a bank, they give you $100,000 to buy a house and basically send you out into the world to bring back $200,000 in the next twenty years. The first $100,000 is principal, and the second is interest.”

Source : Interview with Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, www.greenamerica.org. 2009.

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