"All that a Pulitzer really does is give the obit writers something to put between the commas after your name."
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"Marriage is an ongoing, centuries-long social experiment that is mostly controlled by the individuals in the relationships who insist on determining what the relationship terms are going to be. And that's why the terms of marriage change with every century and decade. We're shaping it from the inside. Marriage endures because it evolves. Obviously it does. None of us would accept marriage on its 13th century terms, not even the most conservative people..."
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"What we collectively decide about how to bail out our economy, how to pull our economy out of a ditch and what rules we put in place to make sure this problem does not happen again, will shape our country for the next 50 years. This is it."
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"When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals."
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"When an individual is awake, almost all he does and says is inspired by the model of behavior that the society imposes,even without his being aware of it."
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"Our message of the day is service does not need a title."
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"The test of a man is: does he bear apples? Does he bear fruit?"
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"I guess I wish we could talk about: what does it mean to have a politics of intersectionality that also privileges what form of domination is most oppressing us at a given moment in time."
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"He does not possess wealth; it possesses him."
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"Why does the blind man's wife paint herself."
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"Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster."
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"Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things."
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"The man who does ill, ill must suffer too."
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"If we have only one that can govern, and we chose him... does that mean we're not democratic?"
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"Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does."
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"Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden."
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"It's all very confusing. I think I'm very honest and candid, but I'm also proud of how honest and candid I am -- so where does that put me?"
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"A lot of people don't feel like doing very much. Or one project is really all they can do at one time. I can have five or six things going at the same time. It doesn't bother me or tire me, but sometimes it does rattle me."
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"Your brain does not manufacture thoughts. Your thoughts shape neural networks."
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"As you meditate, over time your consciousness becomes awake within itself. The silent witness within saturates and illuminates the mind so that it does not look to the past or the future for fulfillment. It experiences peace and freedom within itself in every moment."
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