Lawrence O'Connor
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“Who needs to be a Phoenix for rebirth? One simply requires themselves and an instrument to clean the slate and start over, perhaps create their own world where everything is better..”
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“What's the difference between a classical guitar and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.”
― Hangman
― Hangman
“Maybe the unvarnished meaning of growing up is the acceptance that living out our values, and also winning the approval of those who have power over us, is an unfulfillable longing.”
― The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters
― The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters
“I really believe that if I were not a writer, not a creator, not an experimenter, I might have been a very faithful wife. I think highly of faithfulness. But my temperament belongs to the writer, not to the woman”
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“Acting on what matters means that we will consistently find ourselves feeling like we are living on the margin of our institutions and our culture. This calls for some detachment from the mainstream.”
― The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters
― The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters
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