"I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to watch from a respectful distance!"
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"You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try."
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"If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire...if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores...if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote...if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time...if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream...and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love...then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream."
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"I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest."
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"All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space."
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"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."
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"Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it's a process. It's often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there."
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"Reproductive freedom means economic freedom. And that's what this debate is about."
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"Wake up! Time to die!"
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"I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while."
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"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."
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"We need to be willing to be uncomfortable, to be flawed, to be imperfect, to own our voice, to step into our light, so that we can continue to inspire other people and employ other people, and make room for more and more voices and presence."
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"In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders."
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"Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know."
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"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do."
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"It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."
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"Confidence is the only key. I know a lot of people who aren't traditionally 'beautiful' - not symmetrical or perfect-bodied or perfect-skinned. But none of that matters because all that shines through is their confidence, humor, and comfort with themselves. I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself."
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"Go ahead, make my day."
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"So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
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"You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting."
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