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Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith Quotes: It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.
         

It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.


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... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]



Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.

Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God back.



Certainty is missing the point entirely.

Certainty is missing the point entirely.



When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down.

When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down.



A good marriage is supposed to be one where each spouse secretly thinks he or she got the better deal.

A good marriage is supposed to be one where each spouse secretly thinks he or she got the better deal.



Usually if you pray from the heart, you get an answer—the phone rings or the mail comes, and light gets in through the cracks, so you can see the next right thing to do. That’s all you need.

Usually if you pray from the heart, you get an answer—the phone rings or the mail comes, and light gets in through the cracks, so you can see the next right thing to do. That’s all you need.



Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your hearts, and then when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside.

Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your hearts, and then when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside.



Prayer usually means praise, or surrender, acknowledging that you have run out of bullets.

Prayer usually means praise, or surrender, acknowledging that you have run out of bullets.



First find a path, and a little light to see by. Then push up your sleeves and start helping.

First find a path, and a little light to see by. Then push up your sleeves and start helping.



It gets darker and darker, and then Jesus is born.” That line came back to me, from out of nowhere, and I decided to practice radical hope, hope in the face of not having a clue.

It gets darker and darker, and then Jesus is born.” That line came back to me, from out of nowhere, and I decided to practice radical hope, hope in the face of not having a clue.





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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.



Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.



In the first two years, when I had a strong majority in the House and the Senate, we were as productive as any administration has been since the '60s. I mean, we got a lot done.

In the first two years, when I had a strong majority in the House and the Senate, we were as productive as any administration has been since the '60s. I mean, we got a lot done.



I'm not paranoid, but I am cautious. I don't drink tea with strangers, I don't fly Aeroflot and I avoid certain countries with close ties to Russia.

I'm not paranoid, but I am cautious. I don't drink tea with strangers, I don't fly Aeroflot and I avoid certain countries with close ties to Russia.



Authorship has never been with me a matter of choice. I have not done it for amusement, or for money, or for fame, or for any reason but because I could not help it.

Authorship has never been with me a matter of choice. I have not done it for amusement, or for money, or for fame, or for any reason but because I could not help it.



If you want to be lucky, do your homework.

If you want to be lucky, do your homework.



I'm a woman for all seasons. I mix 'n' match, do designer and high street - keep all my good pieces. I design all my evening and cocktail dresses most of the time as I dislike what is out there.

I'm a woman for all seasons. I mix 'n' match, do designer and high street - keep all my good pieces. I design all my evening and cocktail dresses most of the time as I dislike what is out there.



If I had better foresight, maybe I could have improved things a little bit. But frankly, if I had perfect foresight, I would never have taken this job in the first place.

If I had better foresight, maybe I could have improved things a little bit. But frankly, if I had perfect foresight, I would never have taken this job in the first place.



I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a demeaning kind of thing.

I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a demeaning kind of thing.




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