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“We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.”
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“If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they'd get along OK, but they'd both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.—
Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
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“Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.”
Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr
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“I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.”
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“Sensual is being in tune with your sensual self.”
Source : "Aaliyah Talks About Her Parents And Her Sensuality". MTV News Interview, www.mtv.com. April 4, 1997. 
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“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”
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“I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.”
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“Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.”
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“There are so many factors that go into how you feel, as a performer, on any given movie, that it's really hard to identify which things are the things that help you be good, and which are the things that hinder you.”
Source : "Alessandro Nivola Talks Janie Jones and Redemption". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. Novermber 01, 2011.
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“What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike.”
