"Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb."

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Anne Lamott

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“Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.”
“The readings of Soviet society are as many as the experts you speak to. In my view, it's a society that is overdue for measures of democratization and organization.”
“... finally democracy is catching up with the old, hierarchical, father-dominated family: the family is being democratized.”

Source : Shere Hite (2011). “The Shere Hite Reader: New and Selected Writings on Sex, Globalism, and Private Life”, p.406, Seven Stories Press
“Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.”
“For any movement to emerge, it has to be innovatively independent from the mainstream cinema, and I don't see that much.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I'm a big believer in the fact that life is about preparation, preparation, preparation.”
“It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.”
“New music? Hell, there's been no new music since Stravinsky.”

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