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When you’re young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I’ve graduated from that school.

Lauryn Hill

From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress.
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Learning Oppression Thinking Time
In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love.
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Ability Children Education Love Myself Opportunity Travel World
Once you compromise yourself in one way, you compromise yourself in another way. And you’ve just opened the door to compromise, mediocrity, settling.
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Opportunity Yourself
I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That’s too much work.
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Character Myself People
I get really afraid of those little comforts, those things that make us feel like we did something great, because I’ve done nothing. I’ve done nothing. I mean that sincerely.
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Afraid Comfortable Feeling Myself
And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny.
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Deep Destiny Heart Mindset Myself
God teaches me about reality, so when he tells me to do something, I do, because I’m led to.
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God Himself Reality Teaching
If I’d known white people were going to buy my last album, I never would have recorded it.
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People White
Sometimes we all need to take time and give thanks.
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Need Thankful Time
We don’t want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.
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Expectation People
Everyday is another chance to get things right.
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Chance Right
Every day is a lesson in focus for me, and not buying into the world’s concept of what you have to be. I really try every day to be individual and not just in my style or my look or my music, but in my approach to life.
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Focus Lesson Life Music Myself World
It’s silly when girls sell their souls because it’s in.
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Sell Soul Stupidity
Everybody has a choice. I am not here to shove my light down everybody’s throat. For those who don’t want it, I have nothing to defend.
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Choice Defend Light
You could get the money, you can get the power, but keep your eyes on the final hour.
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Eyes Money Power Yourself
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.
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Deep Gold Wisdom

When you’re young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I’ve graduated from that school.

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When you’re young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I’ve graduated from that school.

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