Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
MAYA ANGELOUA friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
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Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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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 don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.
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A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
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