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• The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.

  Hakeem Jeffries

  Political, Definitions, Process

  "Interview With Hakeem Jeffries, Candidate for New York’s 8th Congressional District". Interview with Andrew Wilkes, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2012.

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• Christianity is not a patent medicine. Christianity claims to give an account of facts - to tell you what the real universe is like. Its account of the universe may be true, or it may not, and once the question is really before you, then your natural inquisitiveness must make you want to know the answer. If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be: if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all.

  C. S. Lewis

  Real, Believe, Men

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• Happy is the man who has that in his soul which acts upon the dejected as April airs upon violet roots. Gifts from the hand are silver and gold, but the heart gives that which neither silver nor gold can buy. To be full of goodness, full of cheerfulness, full of sympathy, full of helpful hope, causes a man to carry blessings of which he is himself as unconscious as a lamp is of its own shining. Such a one moves on human life as stars move on dark seas to bewildered mariners; as the sun wheels, bringing all the seasons with him from the south.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Sympathy, Stars, Moving

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.45

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• Women's magazines continue to print 'helpful' articles on How to Hang on to Your Husband while thousands of wives write to me and complain that 'hanging is too good for 'em.

  Ann Landers

  Husband, Writing, Wife

  Ann Landers (1981). “Ann Lander's Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually”, Ballantine Books

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• Violence is like money in the bank; it's only helpful if you don't have to use it.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Use, Violence, Ifs

  Nikki Giovanni (1988). “Sacred cows-- and other edibles”, William Morrow & Co

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• When people ask me what qualifies me to be a writer for children, I say I was once a child. But I was not only a child, I was, better still, a weird little kid, and though I would never choose to give my own children this particular preparation for life, there are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid.

  Katherine Paterson

  Children, Kids, People

  Katherine Paterson (2011). “Read for Your Life #18”, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Another thing that seems quite helpful to the creative process is having babies. It does not detract at all from one's creativity. It reminds one that there is always more where that came from and there is never any shortage of ideas or of the ability to create. The process of being pregnant and then of having the baby and getting up in the night only puts one more in touch with this fecund part of one's self.

  Fay Weldon

  Baby, Creativity, Night

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• Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.

  Karen Horney

  Crush, May, Therapists

  Karen Horney (2013). “Our Inner Conflicts: A CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY OF NEUROSIS”, p.240, Routledge

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• If you can build a company and make money, great. But eventually, my intention is to give all my money away. I told my kids that. [Wealth] is not particularly helpful to kids. It's almost a burden. It's better to allow them to do their own thing and have their own successes.

  Steve Case

  Kids, Giving, Wealth

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• Thinking about writing as an act of celebration is sometimes a helpful framework for me. It allows me to prioritize what I want to call attention to and what I want others to know about me. It makes me ask: What is worth celebrating?

  Sarah Kay

  Writing, Thinking, Attention

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• High school was the first time I ever saw spoken word poetry. The first place I ever performed a poem was at my school, so in some ways it was the nucleus of how it all started. For me I think high school was a period of trying to figure myself out, and poetry was one of the ways I did that, and was a very helpful avenue to try to do that.

  Phil Kay

  School, Thinking, Trying

  Source: saseye.com

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• I think everybody should act! I would encourage everybody to do one thing, join a theater class or something. It's so good to take a character that you think is wildly different from who you are, and to try to relate to that person and become that person is very helpful. It's hard to articulate what you learn, but you can feel the effect of these characters that you play and take with you.

  Ryan Gosling

  Character, Thinking, Class

  "Ryan Gosling Talks Blue Valentine". Interview with Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com.

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• Public opinion which, to be sure, can at times be helpful, must never for an instant swerve us from what we know in our heart we are trying to convey. For honesty is the great requisite of art. If we remain honest with ourselves, art, which is always there, never lets us down.

  Cornelia Otis Skinner

  Art, Honesty, Trying

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• Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion.

  John Tillotson

  Abstinence, Ends

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• Do you mind even a little that you are still addicted to people-pleasing, and are still putting everyone else’s needs and laundry and career ahead of your creative, spiritual life? Giving all your life force away, to “help” and impress. Well, your help is not helpful, and falls short.

  Anne Lamott

  Spiritual, Fall, Careers

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• Network news accustoms audiences to assertion not argument. Over time, it reinforces the notion that politics is about visceral identification and apposition, not complex problems and their solutions. ... sound bites aren't very helpful. They can tell a voter what a candidate believes, but not why. And many issues are too complex to be freeze dried into a slogan and a smile. ... What's lost in a world in which everything's an ad? Perhaps the country that created the assembly line has simply found a more efficient way to do politics.

  Kathleen Hall Jamieson

  Country, Believe, Issues

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• You need to know that you are a spiritual being so that you can do helpful things to allow your innate qualities to unfold and express.

  Roy Davis

  Spiritual, Quality, Needs

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• I couldn't imagine a more unreliable, more unprofitable way to make a living than writing. My advice? Show up, do the best you can. Keep your day job. If you get a lucky break, don't f*** up. It was helpful to be older because I had made all the really stupid mistakes already.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Jobs, Mistake, Stupid

  Interview with Karen Brown, blog.etsy.com. May 13, 2013.

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• I listen a lot to how people speak. I've read a great many good books in my life. I had some excellent English teachers. Surely, those things were helpful.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Teacher, Book, People

  "Anthony Bourdain The ‘Parts Unknown’ Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. January 9, 2015.

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• Boys are different from girls, but boys are also different from other boys, just as girls are different from other girls. Calling a book “for boys” or “for girls” is well-meaning, but to me, not terribly helpful.

  Marie Lu

  Girl, Book, Boys

  "Writing a Book for Boys" by Marie Lu, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2013.

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• Dreamers who regard dreams as important and even vital to success in life will receive and remember helpful dreams.

  Patricia Garfield

  Dream, Important, Remember

  Patricia Garfield (1995). “Creative Dreaming: Plan And Control Your Dreams To Develop Creativity Overcome Fears Solve Proble”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• Based on the timely and helpful responses to my support issues, I feel that I made the right decision to become a customer earlier this year. LuxSci is definitely a quality, customer-oriented business.

  Kevin Smith

  Issues, Years, Support

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• I know with Gary Ross especially, he kind of gave me pointers here and there, but he kind of let me become firm in any way that I needed, and he just let me try things and to explore what I can do with my acting. So that was very helpful.

  Willow Shields

  Trying, Acting, Here And There

  "Comic-Con 2012: 'Hunger Games' Star Willow Shields on Playing Jennifer Lawrence's Sister". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 17, 2012.

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• I don't usually like talking about acting or what my process is, and all those kinds of things, because I don't necessarily think it's helpful to talk about how I do my job.

  Lennie James

  Jobs, Thinking, Talking

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The point is to explore whatever may be helpful for thinking, understanding, and acting responsibly over long periods of time.

  Stewart Brand

  Thinking, Long, Understanding

  Stewart Brand (1999). “The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility”, p.12, Basic Books

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