"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."
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"My mother had said me, "All right, you've been raised, so don't let anybody else raise you. You know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. And remember - you can always come home." And she continued to liberate me until she died. On the night she died, I went to the hospital. I told my mom, "Let me tell you about yourself. You deserved a great daughter, and you got one. And you liberated me to be one. So if it's time for you to go, you may have done everything God brought you here to do.""
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"While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation."
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"You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody."
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"Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.'"
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"You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated."
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"When you know better you do better."
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"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom."
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"There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth."
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"Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself. You must love yourself first, of course, and you must protect yourself so that nobody overrides you, overrules you, or steps on you. Just say, 'Just a minute. I'm worth everything, dear.'"
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"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn."
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"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning."
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"Happiness is a chance to talk to a friend, to hear good music, to have a good glass of wine. Happiness is a chance to be myself and to find people with whom I agree or who I don't agree but I can learn something."
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"Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude."
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"I sustain myself with the love of family."
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"I am the dream and the hope of the slave"
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"Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence neither speed up nor slow down add to nor diminish it is an imponderably valuable gift."
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"A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream."
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"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you."
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"I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh."
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