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I don't believe that raising my voice in song is going to be pleasing to a God who is sitting upstairs somewhere, waiting to be pleased.

Andrew Solomon

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Andrew Solomon
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
Author
Clinical Psychologist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
Waiting
Voice
Song
Upstairs
Going
Pleasing
Believe
Pleased
Raising
Somewhere
Sitting

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I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.
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