"You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself"
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"I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. [And] I want to be known for what I do best."
"The inexpressible is the only thing that is worthwhile."
"If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile."
"The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile."
"I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar."
"Everything is the same, nothing is worthwhile, the world is senseless, knowledge strangles."
"I consider those are rich who are doing something they feel worthwhile and which they enjoy doing."
"While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the writer as well."
"Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile."
"The worthwhile problems are the ones you can really solve or help solve, the ones you can really contribute something to... No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it."
"Beneath our frantic activities, there's a deep desire to show the world we are worthwhile."
"Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively."