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“I was born as sweet as that and if I am too sweet for your tastes then just clamp your mouth shut and spin on your heels. I can’t add sourness to my sap anymore just to fit onto a menu in a restaurant for wimps”
― Jenny Slate, Little Weirds

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“I am introducing a new idea. Try to care less. Practice ambivalence. Learn to let go of wanting it.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please

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“I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

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“The more you give, the more you have, the more new things you are a part of, the more you are truly alive.”
― Jenny Slate, Little Weirds

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“That is an act of power, showing what you know, giving it to another person, realizing that as you spread it, you get to keep it but watch it grow, and by watching others have it, you learn new things about the original thing.”
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