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As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.
Any AsFarAs Being Concerned
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Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

Extend Hand Suffered Suffering
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Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

Died Jesus Mine Sins
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I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.
Book Could Dreamed Having
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All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.

Child Ever Since Something
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I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

AGoodThing Against Discipline Energies
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I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer.

Could Craft Day Developing
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I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town.

Because Book Go Good
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I've written a lot of prose. I just haven't published it.

Just Lot Prose Published
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When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them. I just haven't gotten around to it for several reasons.

About Around Books Children
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A lot of children don't have a developed aesthetic. I did. I made early choices in life, even about cloth; I liked flannel and not polyester.

About Aesthetic Children Choices
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My father's mother was from Liverpool and she had this very beautiful English china. I only wanted to drink my cocoa out of my grandmother's cup and saucer.

Beautiful China Cup Drink
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The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't an active part of it because I was more concerned with my own mental pursuits.

Active Because Biggest Concern
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I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.

Away Books Childhood Interested
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I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people.

AllPeople Area Belongs Christians
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Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people.

First FirstThing FirstTime Go
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My mom loved rock 'n roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around.

Around Father Hated He
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I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. That was my original mission.

Basic Because Came Chords
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But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms.

God People Earth Bible
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All spiritual things are to be treated with sacred dignity. Humility and meekness are in accordance with the life of Christ, but they are to be shown in a dignified way.

Spiritual things Sacred dignity Humility
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We are not our own. We do not belong to ourselves. But we have been purchased with a dear price. We have cost an immense sum, even the sufferings and death of the Son of God.

Belong To ourselves Purchased Price
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The great moral powers of the soul are faith, hope, and love.

Great Moral powers Soul Faith
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Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest.

Talk unbelief Have Faith Seed
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The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine.

Bible Rule Doctrine
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I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did.

Desired Christian Prayed Forgiveness
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Jesus alone cleanses from sin; He only can forgive our transgressions.

Jesus Cleanse Sin Forgive
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A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world.

Christian True humility Gentleness Christ
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Action gives power. Entire harmony pervades the universe of God. All the heavenly beings are in constant activity; and the Lord Jesus, in His life work, has given an example for every one.

Action Gives power God Heavenly beings
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It is a fearful mistake for us to neglect the study of the Bible to investigate theories that are misleading, diverting minds from the words of Christ to fallacies of human production.

Fearful mistake Study Bible Human production
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A minister of Jesus Christ should not be regardless of his attitude. If he is the representative of Jesus Christ, his deportment, his attitude, his gestures, should be of that character which will not strike the beholder with disgust.

Minister Jesus Christ Attitude Representative
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It is important that we relish the food we eat. If we cannot do this, but eat mechanically, our food does not do us that good it should, and we fail to be nourished and built up by it as we otherwise would be, if we could enjoy the food we take into the stomach.

Important Food Relish Mechanically
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Satan well knows that success can only attend order and harmonious action. He well knows that every thing connected with Heaven is in perfect order.

Satan Success Harmonious Well
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It is a religious duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare food in different ways, hygienically, for the table, so that it may be eaten with enjoyment.

Religious Duty Prepare food Hygienically
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Christian sisters should not at any time dress extravagantly, but at all times dress as neat, modest, and healthful, as their work will allow.
Christian sisters Dress extravagantly
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My appeal to the rich is, Deal liberally with your poor brethren, and use your means to advance the cause of God. The worthy poor, who are made poor by misfortune and sickness, deserve your especial care and help.

Appeal Rich Poor brethren Advance
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A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to health.

Person Mind Satisfied God
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The words of Christ are of more worth than the opinions of all the physicians in the universe.

Words Christ Worth Opinions
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Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It was all those things, intertwined with the heat and the thrill, and it was as bright within her as a swallowed star.

Happiness Comfort Passion Safety
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God's promises are all on condition of humble obedience.

God's promises Condition Humble
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Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.

Hope Powerful Magic Things Happen
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True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.
True generosity Eaten up
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High and eternal things have little weight with the youth.

Eternal things Little weight Youth
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Wishes are false. Hope is true. Hope makes its own magic.
False Hope Wishes Magic False
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Music is made one of Satan's most attractive agencies to ensnare souls; but, when turned to a good account, it is a blessing. When abused, it leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, and folly.

Music Satan Most attractive Soul
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When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music.

Music Devotion Prayer Young people
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It's all a quilt of fairy tales with a patch here and there of truth.

Fairy Tale Fairy Patch Quilt
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Souls cannot be saved without exertion.

Souls Saved Exertion
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The young among us are, as a general thing, allied to the world. But few maintain a special warfare against the internal foe. But few have an earnest, anxious desire to know and do the will of God.

Young World Few maintain Warfare
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I am one of billions. I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form. I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on to be other things someday and I will be free.

Life Someday Stardust Billions
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God tests and proves us by the common occurrences of life. It is the little things which reveal the chapters of the heart.

God tests Common occurrences Little things
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