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“It’s just that … this kind of thing, it’s life-changing. You see these shootings on the news and there’s no follow-up. You don’t know what becomes of the victims, their families, the shooter’s family. There is a whole network of people, ...more
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“Who knows why people are different? We are born with a certain nature, I think. And then the world takes its swings at us.”
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“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."

[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]”
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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
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Neil Gaiman
“I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.”
Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art

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