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"To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain."
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"Rejection is a blade to the heart. It's the worst kind of pain."
"The slightest pain that we have, is the reaction of the pain that we had given. So do what you find comfortable."
"An untold story has a weight that can submerge you, sure as a sunken ship at the bottom of the ocean. I learned that. This kind of story, this kind of things kept secrets - they have the power to keep your head in forever, and most of all for yourself."
"Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self."
"And she looked upon the mirror that was given as a gift. She hated everything about it, from the circular size of it, to the color, and the wooden frame that held it in place. But mostly, she hated looking at herself. Especially into this one that had a scratch on its glass surface, which would reflect back to her face. And as she looked, it would cut her as the words her father would often say, in telling her she was ugly."
"Failure is information encased in a shell of pain."
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"Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling."
"I like this life. I like it when it's hard, and I like it better when it's not, but I know you don't get the sweet part without the bitter."
"When the students were killed at Kent State, the cast voted to do a demonstration from the stage, and I abstained."
"We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under."
"Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt."
"If I didn't think and feel the way I think and feel, I couldn't sing the way I sing. And I like singing the way I sing."
"When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs."
"If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum."
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