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"I always felt like I sucked at everything, that I could never find the thing that I liked. I auditioned and I probably sucked, but I had decided 100 percent that this is what I wanted to do."

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Maya Beiser Cellist, Composer
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"I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done."

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"It occurred to her suddenly, sharply, that she wanted to be in love... She wanted not to feel so damned alone in the world."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"I was once more in a time which the things around me were changing and that is how I wanted it to be for the rest of my days."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"When I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn't know that other Veronikas existed inside me, Veronikas that I could love."

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Eleanor Roosevelt Political Activist, Diplomat
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"No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick!"

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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
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"I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still time. To live? I don't attach any importance to my life any more. I'm alone. No, I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it is, no one will listen to me."

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Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Television Host
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"While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses."

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