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• I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.

  Charles Bradlaugh

  Sound, Affirmation, Clear

  Charles Bradlaugh (1889). “Theological Essays”, p.195, Library of Alexandria

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• Writing has such a power for expressionEven when you can’t talk with no one else in the whole world you can talk to your paper. Your feelings whether good, bad or indifferent. We call it despojo in Spanish, which means to be able to get rid of all this agony, weight inside of you. It brings clarity.

  Piri Thomas

  Writing, Agony, Feelings

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• The art of communicating is to speak with a non judging sensitivity and mean it rather than impulsively verbalizing whatever feelings arise; there's no better way to make a point.

  Judith Orloff

  Art, Judging, Feelings

  Judith Orloff (2009). “Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life”, p.52, Harmony

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• Keep my word' is such a strange expression. At first glance, it just means 'Be true to what you agreed on. But it could also mean, 'Hold your words back.' Keep them in. Let your actions speak instead.

  Peter Gould

  Expression, Firsts, Action

  Peter Gould (2008). “Write Naked”, p.149, Macmillan

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• I can now see that our needs meshed perfectly: my need to be swept away by a man, to be held securely and adored by a man, and his need to find the girl who would be pliable and receptive to his idea of a couple, who wouldn't question his unspoken authority. I don't mean he wanted a mouse—and he knew very well he wasn't getting one.

  Betsy Blair

  Girl, Couple, Men

  Betsy Blair (2003). “The Memory of All that: Love and Politics in New York, Hollywood, and Paris”, Knopf

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• It would be important for someone to understand how much our music means to us. Our music comes first right now and hopefully for ever.

  Isaac Hanson

  Important, Would Be, Firsts

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• We went to see Lenny Kravitz last summer in Austin and he was awesome. His show was just awesome. I mean, like, when you see some of these great bands, you sit there and think, man, if only we were that tight, you know?

  Isaac Hanson

  Summer, Men, Thinking

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• People need to know more than what a piece of information means. They also need to know how the information matters.

  John Seely Brown

  People, Needs, Pieces

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• Innovation means replacing the best practices of today with those of tomorrow.

  Paul Sloane

  Best Practices, Innovation, Today

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• In normal life, 'simplicity' is synonymous with 'easy to do,' but when a chef uses the word, it means 'takes a lifetime to learn.'

  Bill Buford

  Simplicity, Use, Normal

  Bill Buford (2013). “Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-maker and Apprentice to a Butcher in Tuscany”, p.100, Random House

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• To have privilege in one or more areas does not mean you are wholly privileged. Surrendering to the acceptance of privilege is difficult, but it is really all that is expected. What I remind myself, regularly, is this: the acknowledgment of my privilege is not a denial of the ways I have been and am marginalized, the ways I have suffered.

  Roxane Gay

  Acceptance, Doe, Denial

  Roxane Gay (2014). “Bad Feminist: Essays”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• I think when your heart hurts this much it means you opened it wide once- and that is something to be proud of.

  Glennon Melton

  Hurt, Heart, Thinking

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• You gotta keep things moving. If leaving behind the past means you can have a better future, then, sure, why not?

  Lisa Mangum

  Moving, Past, Leaving

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• B2B does not mean boring marketing.

  Beth Comstock

  Marketing, Doe, Boring

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• If you're not called crazy when you launch something new, it means you're not thinking BIG enough.

  Linda Rottenberg

  Crazy, Thinking, Enough

  Linda Rottenberg (2014). “Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags”, p.26, Penguin

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• The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His work means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.

  Truman Capote

  Artist, Obligation

  Truman Capote, M. Thomas Inge (1987). “Truman Capote: Conversations”, p.43, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I feel like that's something the church has done really badly is actually confessing. We are sinners. We are broken, shattered people that do things selfishly, out of arrogance, pride, lust, greed. And all have fallen short. That doesn't mean some we're definitely a part of that inclusive all.

  Jon Foreman

  Pride, People, Broken

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• My faith, I mean, that's such a personal aspect that a lot of times, of course it's going to come out through the song. But at the same time, I'm not a religious salesman. I feel like God doesn't really need a salesman, and what these songs are are simply my interactions with this life and learning. I guess the bottom line is the songs are really honest, you know what I mean. That faith is going to come through. If the listener is looking for it, that's definitely a part of it.

  Jon Foreman

  Song, Religious, Needs

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• Every day of your life, you change the world. Absolutely, yes, we're out to change the world. I mean, you change it whether you like it or not. You wake up and you talk to the grocer. You either kick your dog or you pet him. There's a million decisions you have every day where you change the world.

  Jon Foreman

  Dog, Decision, Pet

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• In the art world, Monet means money.

  Fiona Bruce

  Art, World, Monet

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• Gazing at the rain, I consider what it means to belong, to become part of something. To have someone cry for me.

  Haruki Murakami

  Rain, Gazing, Cry

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “Dance Dance Dance”, p.5, Random House

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• Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow!
  But it means that they have the ability to deal with it

  William Shakespeare

  Laughing, Sorrow, Faces

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• I'm not a big believer in disciplined writers. What does discipline mean? The writer who forces himself to sit down and write for seven hours every day might be wasting those seven hours if he's not in the mood and doesn't feel the juice. I don't think discipline equals creativity.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Writing, Creativity, Thinking

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• I don’t think there's ever been a point in my career where I've said, 'I've made it.' What does that mean, 'I've made it?' Made it to what? If you say, 'I've made it.' then are you finished? I don't want to be finished. I don't want to quit.

  Reba McEntire

  Thinking, Careers, What If

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• There are tones of voices that mean more than words.

  Robert Frost

  Voice, Tone

  Robert Frost, Lawrance Roger Thompson (1964). “Selected letters”

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