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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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Bob Dylan
“Play it fuckin' loud!”
Bob Dylan

Andy  Marr
“I’ve come close enough a few times to know there’s no good way to go. Some ways are better than others, of course, but however it happens, the end result will always be the same. I guess all you can do is try to be happy and make the most of your days, so when the time comes, the people you leave behind can rest happy knowing you lived your best life.”
Andy Marr, A Matter of Life and Death

Neil Gaiman
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
Neil Gaiman

Elizabeth Strout
“Who knows why people are different? We are born with a certain nature, I think. And then the world takes its swings at us.”
Elizabeth Strout, Lucy by the Sea

Desmond Tutu
“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."

[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]”
Desmond Tutu

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