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All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.

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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 thin...more

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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

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I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

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I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy Colli...more

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I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.