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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

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In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.

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I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

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I love the song 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

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I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems t...more

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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

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The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

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I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.

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Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.

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The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not all...more