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“Writing teaches writing. Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith.”
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“Too much of our lives corresponds to the 'lost-wallet' theory of life. You lose something, spend a long time finding it, and then feel grateful to be back where you started.”
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“... dance is simply the refinement of human movement — walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art form more accessible than dance, yet no art is more mystifying in the public imagination.”
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“I have spoken to plants myself, and if pressed for conclusions would have to say that those I threatened did better than those I — well, I wouldn't say prayed over, but pleaded with, cajoled. A rhododendron that hadn't bloomed for six years was flatly told it would be removed the following year if there were no flowers. Need I say that it has bloomed profusely ever since?”
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“Anything that you strive to hold captive will hold you captive, and if you desire freedom you must give freedom.”
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“The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.”
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“If you've had a happy childhood, nobody can take that away from you ...”
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“Money will not bring happiness ... but it enables us to be unhappy very comfortably.”