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I’m not like a poker player. I’m not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I’m intending to go. My cards are always on the table.

Tori Amos

I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look at them, but I find that visual art gets me listening, gets me hearing things.
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Art Books Hearing Things
I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.
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Children Mom Mother
The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
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Bleeding Knees Trying
I’ve been looking for a savior in these dirty streets, looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets.
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Dirty Esteem Low Self Sheets
I think even in a good marriage, especially if you stay together long enough, there are going to be events that happen.
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Long Thinking Together
You know when people smile too much? It’s painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I’m trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.
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People Too Much Trying
Confucius does his crossword with a pen.
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Crossword Religion Religious
The music is the magic carpet that other things take naps on.
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Magic Music Naps
Tori’s my legal name. My niece and nephews, they all call me Aunt Ellen, because I went by my middle name years ago, before I turned 18.
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Aunt Niece Years
Have a seat, while I take to the sky.
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Inspirational Seats Sky
People are the most fascinating mysteries I’ve ever read.
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Fascinating Mystery People
I’ve carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
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Careers Country People
Healing for me is being able to sit next to the butcher and say ‘Yes, I’m sitting next to the butcher now,’ instead of saying ‘there is no butcher’.
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Able Healing Sitting
Most people would rather be sheep than stand on their own with antlers on.
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Antlers People Sheep
The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister’s daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.
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Church Daughter People Play Separation
I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.
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Monsters Soul Thinking

I’m not like a poker player. I’m not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I’m intending to go. My cards are always on the table.

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I’m not like a poker player. I’m not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I’m intending to go. My cards are always on the table.

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