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God, please use me" is the most powerful affirmation we can say for an abundant career. It is the miracle-worker's prayer. Everybody… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
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![“I know a lot of people who read and think: "George [Saunders] is so much fun." There's no denying you're fun to read, but as a writer I think of [George Saunders] as, in fact, not a fun and freewheeling type but really an obsessive control artist.” quote by Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/zadie-smith-584_artist_i-know-a-lot-of-people-who-read-and-thin_1065237.jpg)
![“When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different culture, in a different language, in a different setting, that wasn't mine and that I didn't belong to, gave me a totally different relationship to the film. When I was sitting in…” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/abbas-kiarostami-2631_audience_when-the-film-certified-copy-was-in-the_200718.png)
![“The fact is whether one looks at this [outsourcing] in terms of men and women, working men and women in this country who are simply being screwed, or whether one looks at this in terms of corporations who are benefiting, the fact is it is certainly not helping the American economy.” quote by Lou Dobbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/lou-dobbs-26019_american-economy_the-fact-is-whether-one-looks-at-this-ou_3122731.jpg)
