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— Lucille Clifton"In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that's a whole different thing."
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When there's a terrible murder people who are interviewed say, 'This has always been a quiet neighborhood.' That is so dumb and uninformed! The earth is not a quiet neighborhood. There isn't anyplace that's a quiet neighborhood. People are asking themselves how to stay neat in the cyclone.
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