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"And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation."
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"Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating."
Energy

"First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic."
Fiction

"We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things."
Understanding

"I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff."
Voice

"There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now."
Now

"And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation."
Expectation

"I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them."
Body

"And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool."
Nation

"But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is."
Creativity

"The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have."
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"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."
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Personal Development

"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
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Personal Development

"Expectations create and shape reality."
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Personal Development

"Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like ... When I saw a real diamond in a lady's ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of course, it was very lovely but it wasn't my idea of a diamond."
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Personal Development

"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
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Personal Development

"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."
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Personal Development

"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
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Personal Development

"I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life."
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Personal Development

"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
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Personal Development

"The problem with many people is that they would plant a pear tree and expect it to bear some mango fruit."
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