"Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?"
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"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."
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"Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me."
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"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love."
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"All great achievements require time."
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"I note the obvious differences between each sort and type, but we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike."
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"Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it."
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"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive"
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"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."
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"I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings."
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"Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances."
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"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."
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"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends."
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"I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself."
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"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim."
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"If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers."
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"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!"
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"A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself."
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"It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength."
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"If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities."
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