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Billy Strayhorn

"In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other."

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"In order to play and write, it's unique - you either do one or the other."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"For every natural law inherent in creation, there is the creator's precision."

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"Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual order, two by two."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming."

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"Restoring order of my personal universe suddenly seemed imperative, as I refolded my T-shirts, stuffed the toes of my shoes with tissue paper, and arranged all the bills in my secret stash box facing the same way, instead of tossed in sloppy and wild, as if by my evil twin. All week, I kept making lists and crossing things off them, ending each day with a sense of great accomplishment eclipsed only by complete and total exhaustion."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Even freedom needs some rules to keep it from being complete chaos."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Things refuse to be mismanaged for long."

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"I thought if I followed the rules, things would turn out all right. that's the thing about the cure, isn't it? It isn't just about deliria at all. It's about order. A path for everyone. You just have to follow it and everything will be okay. That's what the DFA is about. That's what I belevied in-what I've had to believe in. Because otherwise, it's just...chaos."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Learn what is true in order to do what is right."

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