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“Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.”

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Rita Dove is an American poet born on August 28, 1952. Her works are known for their profound social insight and emotional expression, having won numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. more

“God really does take our work seriously: It is wrong, it is a sin, to accept or remain in a position that you know is a mismatch for you. Perhaps that's a form of sin you've never considered - the sin of staying in the wrong job. But God did not place you on the earth to waste away your years in labor that does not employ his design or purpose for your life, no matter how much you may be getting paid for it.”

Knows Years May Doe Matter Earth Jobs Form Purpose Sin Accepting Design Position Waste Labor Paid Staying Mismatch Wrong Job

Author:Arthur Miller

“While it is nice to be discovered, it's much better to discover yourself.”

Nice Discovering Yourself

Author:Mike Myers

“You can live your life out of a circumstance or you can live your life out of a vision.”

Vision Circumstances Live Your Life

Author:Marianne Williamson

“If a financial institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.”

Ifs Bigs Failing Institutions Financial Financial Institutions

Author:Bernie Sanders

“All an actor has, I think, is their heart, really,...that's the place you go for your inspiration. If my heart wasn't filled with them, where would I get stuff? What would I have to express?”

Ifs Thinking Heart Inspiration Actors Stuff My Heart Filled Places You Go

Author:Meryl Streep

“I want to believe I am looking into the white fire of a great mystery.”

Want Believe White Fire Mystery

Book:House of Light

Source: House of Light

“I want a storm to come and flood us into a song that no one wrote.”

Want Song Storm Flood

Author:Frida Kahlo

“Those who speculate from the shore about the ocean shall know only its surface, but those who would know the depths of the ocean must be willing to plunge into it.”

Knows Willing Ocean Depth Surface Shore Plunge

Book:The Mastery of Consciousness: An Introduction and Guide to Practical Mysticism and Methods of Spiritual Development

Source: The Mastery of Consciousness: An Introduction and Guide to Practical Mysticism and Methods of Spiritual Development

“For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.”

Years Heard Aria

Author:Rita Dove

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