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Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.

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Each of us has the power and responsibility to become a rainbow in the clouds.

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You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.

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We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.

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I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away - I rose right where I'd been knocked down. And then that's how you get to know yourself. You say, hmm, I can get up!

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If we live long enough, we may even get over war. I imagine a time when somebody will mention the word war and everyone in the room will start to laugh. And what do you mean war?

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Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to keep that in my mind all the time.

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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

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I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.

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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

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All great acheivements require time.

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We grow despite the horror that we feed upon our own tomorrow. We grow.

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I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.

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Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the funniest person you've ever heard of.

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If you do not like anything, alter it. If you can not change it, adjust your mindset. Will not complain.

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Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

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I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.

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Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.

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