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Julius Lester Quotes: Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.
         

Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.


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Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.



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To write and not tell the truth? That would be death for any writer. But more, it would be death to the imagination. And if the imagination dies, what would happen to the souls of children?

To write and not tell the truth? That would be death for any writer. But more, it would be death to the imagination. And if the imagination dies, what would happen to the souls of children?



How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?

How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?



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Freeform radio is an art form. The airwaves are the empty canvas, the producer is the artist, and the sound is the paint.



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We remember with our emotions. The things that were important in our emotional life, that's what we remember.



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...part of the mind's job was to cast doubt on what the heart knew to be true, and the heart, because it had no words, often lost the argument



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It ain't how long you know somebody that means anything. It's what that person mean to you in your heart.





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But I also like to shower my parents with presents. I bought them a beautiful car and a house.



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