"Any disease support community is a place of deep bonds and empathy, and there are thousands if not tens of thousands of them."

-- Howard Rheingold

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“The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't.”
“The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.”

Source : Sam Donaldson (1988). “Hold On, Mr. President”, Fawcett Books
“INXSâ€™ touring days could never last forever. We wanted it to end on a high. And it has.”
“I know I shall not live very long. But why is that so sad? Is a festival more beautiful because it lasts longer? My sensuous perceptions grow sharper, as if I were supposed to take in everything with the few years that will be offered to me ... And now love will still blossom for me before I depart, and if I've painted three good pictures, then I shall leave gladly with flowers in my hand and my hair.”
“The taste of death is upon my lips.Â I feel something that is not of this earth.”
“We came together [with King Hussein of Jordan] because of a shared sense of idealism, of the value of service to a community far greater than ourselves, and the conviction that each and everyone of us can meaningfully contribute to solving even the most seemingly intractable problems.”
“Any person who says their family is perfectly functional is lying.”

Source : "Talking About Dysfunctional Families with Martha MacIsaac". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. January 8, 2013.
“Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.”

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