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" What's really hard is that you could care a lot for someone and not want to live with him anymore. "

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" At Sarah Lawrence, I realized that everybody was already what they were going to be. The painters were painting, the writers writing, the dancers dancing. And nobody wore any makeup. The art was uppermost. "

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" Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself. "

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" Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. "

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