There I went again, building up a glamorous picture of a man who would love me passionately the … - Sylvia Plath

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When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.

Sylvia Plath

There I went again, building up a glamorous picture of a man who would love me passionately the minute he met me, and all out of a few prosy nothings.

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Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.

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That is salvation. To give of love inside. To keep love of life, no matter what, and give to others. Generously.

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I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give.

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Happy! That is indefinable as far as states of being go.

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If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter - - - for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. . . . Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

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The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item on the list clashes with any other item, Rumi warned, you are destined for unhappiness. Better to live a life of single-pointed focus, he taught. But what about the benefits of living harmoniously among extremes? What if you could somehow create an expansive enough life that you could synchronize seemingly incongruous opposites into a worldview that excludes nothing?

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Antonio Cromartie

We used a racquetball and threw it off the wall as hard as we could, then tracked it down with our eyes and feet. Nike has new balls that bounce all sorts of different directions and really help you learn to track the ball and move your feet to react quickly.

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Henri Nouwen

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God in the here and now.

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Richard Roeper

When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.

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Joan Z. Borysenko

To nourish the soul means to become kinder, more compassionate, wiser, and more loving, often through the making of difficult choices that foster growth rather than safety. The nourishment and growth of the soul is the very reason for human life.

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