Timothy Keller
Pastor, Author
"People are messy; therefore, relationships will be messy. Don't be surprised by messiness."
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Messy
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Harold Wilson
Politician
"I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle."
Khaled Hosseini
Author, Physician
"Human behavior is messy and unpredictable and unconcerned with convenient symmetries."
Michelle Obama
Lawyer, Author, First Lady
"Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics."
Rachel Martin
Journalist
"Childhood is messy and beautiful."
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"I am amiable. Vague. Puzzled. Messy-haired."
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"But we'll stumble on, she and I, into our messy future. And we'll have each other."
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"People are people, messy and mutable, combining differently with one another from day to day - even hour to hour."
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"Really, life is full of contradictions. Life is messy."
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"Man is messy, but any creature that can create space vehicles can probably cope."
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