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“Money is only used for two things. One, it's to make you comfortable, and the more comfortable you are the more creative you will become. And the other purpose is it enables you to extend the service you provide far beyond your own presence.”
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“One gem from that ocean is worth all the pebbles of earthly streams.”
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“All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. Even the richest, most surprising and wild imagination is not as rich, wild and surprising as reality. The task of the poet is to pick singular threads from this dense, colorful fabric.”
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“I don't fall often, but I fall hard. And when you fall hard, it takes a while to get up.”
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“I bought an electric-powered chain saw with a plug-in cord so if I run away fast enough, you can only chase me so far.”
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“YOU CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU SHOW FIRST. ... Showing makes the telling more powerful because your senses and your mind are both engaged.”
Source : Pat Pattison (2010). “Writing Better Lyrics”, p.20, Writer's Digest Books
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“Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, these days, cynicism is obedience.”
Source : "The Bright Green City". Interview with Arnie Cooper, www.thesunmagazine.org. April 2010. 
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“I think mascara is a must. If I'm going to wear makeup somewhere, and I'm doing it, it's usually really simple - it's just mascara and maybe a tiny bit of eyeshadow, but that's it.”
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“Every time we are obedient to the words of the prophets and apostles we reap great blessings. We receive more blessings than we can understand at the time, and we continue to receive blessings long after our initial decision to be obedient.”
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“It's important to put all I have into my career.”
