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Why Quotes by Anne Lamott
- Left to my own devices, would I trade this for firm thighs, fewer wrinkles, a better memory? On some days. That's why it's such a…
- I get to tell my truth. I get to seek meaning and realization. I get to live fully, wildly, imperfectly. That's why I'm alive. And…
- You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart--your stories, visions, memories,…
- I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument straight: When her…
- We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one…
- Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived...Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation... Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form…
- There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put Scripture on their…
- Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to…
- I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short of our expectations,…
- I think that is why we stay close to our families, no matter how neurotic the members, how deeply annoying or dull- because when people…
- Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little…
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- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- Why can't I just tell you how I feel? That you're constantly on my mind...that I'm crazy about you. Maybe it's because… — Superman
- If someone is mad at you and you have no idea why, that means they are crazy. Or a girl. — Nikhil Saluja
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- You looked into my eyes and whispered that you wanted to be with me, all my heart wanted to do was say… — Superman
- That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves,… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes