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The problem is we think we exist.

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
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If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.
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Oh, my passion! That is what finally carried me through. Let passion burn all the way, heating up every layer of the psyche.
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In the West, a teacher imparts knowledge to a student. In the East, a teacher transmits nothing more or less than his or her Being.
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First thoughts have tremendous energy. The internal censor usually squelches them, so we live in the realm of second and third thoughts, thoughts on thought, twice and three times removed from the direct connection of the first fresh flash.
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Shut up and write. Don't talk about writing, just physically do it.
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I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky.
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