"Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly."
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"If I had to model clothes in a time period other than the 21st century, I think I'd like to model way back when they just wore skin loincloths. That would be best suited for me - better than corsets. I'm quite claustrophobic."
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"People found me ugly and weird looking. All those years of that whole insecurity thing just makes you feel horrible then really slowly you start to think if they can make me look nice in the picture then it's not that bad."
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"As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses."
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"And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions."
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"When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos - no matter what the parent's income or education level."
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"I always think of it you know building a business, building a brand, a friend of mine gave me a metaphor for it which I think is really true it's like building coral, you don't see it happening it's just little little little and when you step back you think wow."
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"We are so excited for what's next. I think that's what I love most about it, the energy and the excitement that comes from that."
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"I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall never know."
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"I was doing the wrong thing, at the time I thought I was doing the right thing. It's like if you're dealing with somebody who is high on drugs, they can look back at it and say, "Wow, I was destroying myself." But during the period, they think they're doing the right thing. You just have to let the smoke clear so you can see the whole picture."
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"I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat."
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"I usually don't mind movies that people think go overboard because that's what art is all about. Art is about pushing us and making us examine ourselves."
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"I wouldn't mind doing more in the kid's world because I think that might be just where I can be most useful to society, to the planet, if I can speak to children."
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"I think if I'm serious about affecting people with music, I have to affect people on a human to human level, not on a grand social idea or political idea, it has to be a human being idea so it has to be what's inside a human being."
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"I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection."
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"You cannot go higher than you think you can."
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"Your thinking today determines your performance today."
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"If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more."
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"It's a great day! And if you don't think it's a great day, just try missing one."
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"Grown people know that they do not always know the why of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where and how they got the proof. Hence the irritation they show when children keep on demanding to know if a thing is so and how the grown folks got the proof of it. It is so troublesome because it is disturbing to the pigeonhole way of life."
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