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It may be said that it is with our thoughts as with our flowers. Those whose expression is simple carry their seed with them; those that are double by their richness and pomp charm the mind, but produce nothing.
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You know, one of the classics when somebody invents something, you go why the hell didn't I think of that.
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She really is a completely different First Lady. Eleanor Roosevelt was not going to suffer and withdraw in the White House. And I think he's a very different President. He does not want his wife to suffer and withdraw in the White House. And they really are partners. They're partners in a big house where there are two separate courts, and they both know they have two separate courts. But these are courts that are allied in purpose, united in vision.
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My advice to writers: thank goodness we can revise and adjust and tighten and rethink before going public with our words. Revision is our friend. Our best friend. I love revision.
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I mean, I'm lucky because I've slimmed down, but the last thing I was thinking about was losing weight.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
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life is short and information endless: nobody has time for everything
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There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
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We have to be active about kindness and about peace. I've always fantasized that it would be great if there was a Department of Peace.
