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“When he talked his eyes went away from mine and then he forced himself to look straight at me and he began to explain and I knew that he felt very strange with me and that he hated me, and it was funny sitting there and talking like that, knowing he hated me.”
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“I'm a fastball hitter. It's no secret I'm looking for a fastball every pitch. I think it's one of the hardest things to do in sports-to hit a moving baseball.”
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“An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.”
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“I will be in my coffin before I will fight again under your command.”
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“Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I've changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.”
Source : "Paul Auster Meditates On Life, Death And Near Misses". Interview with Terry Gross, nwpr.org. August 23, 2012. 
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“Success for me will be where the body of work I've done afforded me the opportunity to be as good as I can be, and to explore myself and to see what I'm capable of. People like that share a willingness to be scared and to take chances.”
Source : Carmen Ejogo ‘Sparkle’ Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. August 14, 2012.
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“Far must thy researches go Wouldst thou learn the world to know; Thou must tempt the dark abyss Wouldst thou prove what Being is; Naught but firmness gains the prize, Naught but fullness makes us wise, Buried deep truth e'er lies.”
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“Energy always flows either toward hope, community, love, generosity, mutual recognition, and spiritual aliveness or it flows toward despair, cynicism, fear that there is not enough, paranoia about the intentions of others, and a desire to control.”
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“The fifth province is not anywhere here or there, north or south, east or west. It is a place within each of us. It is that place that is open to the other, that swinging door which allows us to venture out and others to venture in.”
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“Penetrative insight joined with calm abiding utterly eradicates afflicted states.”
