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I will always have a child in me. That is what Pete [Jackson] has got, what a lot of the directors I have worked with have. It is about knowing how to have fun and that is something I always want to hold on to.
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To keep going in baseball, you have to learn all the time. I love to play. When I can't get outs, I'll stop.
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Africa is less a wilderness than a repository of primary and fundamental values, and less a barbaric land than an unfamiliar voice
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I have gotten better at being patient and sitting with discomfort. Before I would worry and try to fix an issue and force circumstances to change or try to change people's minds sooner than was realistic. Now I wait and trust that everything passes and time really does heal everything.
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Two things I recognize, O Lord, in myself: Nature, which Thou hast made; Sin, which I have added.
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I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games.
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The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
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Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.
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My writing voice is very much like 'Thank You for Smoking.' It's a guy's voice. It's very masculine.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
