"The idea that academics should remain ''above the fray'' only gives ideologues license to misuse our work."

-- Stephanie Coontz

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“Brooke and I share some similarities. We're both passionate, fiercely loyal people. But she is far more outlandish than I'd ever be, particularly with her body and her sexuality. Brooke has made herself weak for men - she only gained self-confidence from their attention.”
“I first met (Bob Dylan) in '65. We've had a friendship for a long time. He decided to play on a record I was making in New York. We were just friends playing together.”
“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”
“I can really only can record at home.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.”
“It is the saints who know what being in love is all about. Earthly love pales by comparison.”

Source : Thomas Dubay (1989). “Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel, on Prayer”, p.25, Ignatius Press
“SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.”
“Storytelling strengthens the imagination. To imagine is to envision, to see with the inward eye. This ability to imagine is the basis of all creativity. Creativity is being able to see beyond what is readily apparent. It is seeing a new answer to an old problem.”

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