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Of course, we're all a mass of contradictions.

Shirley MacLaine

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Shirley MacLaine
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 24
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Nothing should be permanent except struggle with the dark side within ourselves.
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The loss of magic is the denial of unlimited possibility.
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Melt their weapons, melt their hearts, melt their anger with love.
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To release others from the expectations we have of them is to really love them.
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Crystals are amplifying minerals. You have a crystal in a radio - it amplifies the sound waves. You have a crystal in a television set - it amplifies the light waves. When you hold crystals, they amplify thought waves.
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Audrey was the kind of person who when she saw someone else suffering tried to take their pain on herself. She was a healer. She knew how to love. You didn't have to be in constant contact with her to feel you had a friend. We always picked up right where we left off.
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I think the world is in the mess it's in because we are spiritually ignorant.
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