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“Louisiana taught me another level of humility. Everyone is so content, not socially content but spiritually. Everyone is happy with who they are and loves their city regardless of what has happened here with Katrina and all the different stories. They have a sense of pride and it really rubbed off on me.”
Source : Source: www.ebony.com
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“At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that we're all standing at the edge of the shaft.”
Source : Charlie LeDuff (2013). “Detroit: An American Autopsy”, p.11, Penguin
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“One reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist I have the advantage of information about my patients that most people are not privy to. And I discover that we rarely if ever see the totality of another in ordinary social intercourse. When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person, elicited by a particular set of circumstances on a particular day, and we do well to wait a while before concluding that what we see is the whole person.”
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“I had that thing of wanting to prove I was a tough kid.”
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“What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film so you've got to make sure that it's really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven't found the right thing to marry yet.”
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“To lead a successful life, then, it's a good idea to work out what you really want. Then get together some plans. Then set some goals.”
Source : John C. Parkin (2010). “F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way”, p.107, Hay House, Inc
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“Even though flowers fall, don't regret it. Even though weeds grow, don't hate them. Don't arouse the passions of attraction and repulsion, hating and loving. If only we don't arouse the passions, the falling of flowers and the growing of weeds as they are is manifest absolute reality.”
Source : Hakuun Yasutani (1996). “Flowers Fall: A Commentary on Dōgen's Genjōkōan”, Shambhala Publications
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“I remember little things that break my heart. We were coming out of Michael's house one day, and he noticed my shoelaces were undone. He bent down and tied them. I almost cried. To me, it was such a gesture of love.”
