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There Is Order In The Universe, Even Though It Looks Like Chaos. We Separate The World Into Categories: This Is Good And This Is Bad. But Life Is Set Up To Trick Us. It's A Series Of Illusions We Invest In. And Ultimately Those Investments Don't Serve Our Understanding, Because Physicality Is Always Going To Let You Down, Because Physicality Doesn't Last.

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There Is Order In

Madonna Ciccone

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There Is Order In The Universe, Even Though It Looks Like Chaos. We Separate The World Into Categories: This Is Good And This Is Bad. But Life Is Set Up To Trick Us. It's A Series Of Illusions We Invest In. And Ultimately Those Investments Don't Serve Our Understanding, Because Physicality Is Always Going To Let You Down, Because Physicality Doesn't Last.

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The Media Is Something That Affects A Lot Of People, So You're Constantly Trying To Strike A Balance Between Respecting Something And Not Caring About It.

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In This Business, My Business, I Get To Meet All Kinds Of Incredible People, Fascinating People, Glamorous People And Sexy People And Highly Intellectual People. And You Meet Them And You Go 'interesting, Interesting, Interesting'. They're Interesting, But Not Very Many People Stop You In Your Tracks.

To Be Brave Is To Love Unconditionally Without Expecting Anything In Return.

It Takes More Strength To Cry, Admit Defeat. I Have Truth On My Side, You Only Have Deceit.

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