"Living simply makes loving simple."

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Bell Hooks

“I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.”
“My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.”
“Put a small child in a playpen with an apple and a bunny. If s/he eats the apple and plays with the bunny, s/he's normal;but if s/he eats the bunny and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car. Somewhere along the line we must have been TAUGHT to do the wrong thing.”
“Faith is a gift of God.”
“I knew I could play well on the grass, but I really played so well today. I knew exactly what I had to play to beat her. I just did everything I could in the moment. I was very focused for every point. I knew that I had to go forward for every shot I was playing to push her back, and yeah, I did it.”
“My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.”

Source : RNC speech, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.
“War is the science of destruction.”
“Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam comedies. I don't want an audience to tell me when to laugh.”

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