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"I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes."
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"I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves."
Woman
"If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life."
Life
"I continued to protect him with my silence."
Silence
"A person who deserves my loyalty receives it."
Loyalty
"The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn."
Parenting
"I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story."
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"At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood."
Home
"Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on."
Life
"Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals."
Being
"Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity."
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"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."
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Personal Development
"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."
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Personal Development
"I think it's a lame excuse for a lot of these rappers to say they only call girls bitches or hos because they act like that. It doesn't make them right."
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Personal Development
"After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it."
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Personal Development
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."
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Personal Development
"It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego."
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Personal Development
"Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone."
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"Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts."
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Personal Development
"And in this community, as in all others, the Golden Rule still applies - we must be act toward other nations as we would have them act towards America."
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"The pure natural scientist is liable to forget that minds exist, and that if it were not for them he could neither know nor act on physical objects."
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Personal Development
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