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I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

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There’s something so powerful about being my own gorgeous, beautiful, individual, unique self.
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Beautiful Myself Powerful Unique
Your life can become the background for the art you create.
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Art Creation Life Yourself
Love me like you’ll never see me again.
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Love Myself Relationship See Yourself
I think we deserve people who really, really love us.
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Deserve Love Ourselves People Thinking
From the beginning, I’ve had to juggle and weigh the silly things people say – and I’ve learnt that they’re meaningless, and they’re mostly inaccurate. So I don’t worry about it, because there’s nothin’ for me to deal with.
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Accurate Beginning Deal Learning Myself People
I’d rather not have anything than be a liar.
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Lying Myself
Even if your family isn’t quite there for you, find the people that support you and hang on to those people and try to let go of those that try to take you down.
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Family People Quite Support Yourself
My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.
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Life Myself People Rich
There was no other path for me. I knew this was my path. I had to follow it.
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Determination Follow Myself Path
You can’t really compare people. That’s one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are.
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Big Compare Lesson People Stop Yourself
We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often we turn the other way because we think there’s nothing we can do.
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Conflict Help People Potential Poverty Thinking
I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.
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Appreciation Different Life Love Share Way
At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn’t even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.
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Day End Focus Myself Positive Value
Failure isn’t an option. I’ve erased the word fear from my vocabulary and I think when you erase fear you can’t fail.
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Failure Option Thinking Vocabulary Word Yourself
Everybody goes through their life in different ways. I definitely am having my journey. It evolves and changes. At some moments, I feel totally off center and trying to find my way back.
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Different Journey Life Moments Myself
I’m in constant pursuit of growing and evolving.
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Evolution Growth Myself Pursuit
I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I’m discovering who I am.
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Discover Focus Myself Stay
I believe if you can find something to give back to, your soul will feel fulfilled in a very powerful way.
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Believe Feeling Fulfill Powerful Soul Way Yourself
I think that marriage is beautiful. And if it’s a partnership with someone you love, then it really is beautiful. Yeah, I think that marriage does work.
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Beautiful Love Marriage Myself Relationship Thinking Work
I’m a very caring person.
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Care Myself Person
The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.
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Cruelty Important Proud Work Yourself
Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That’s why it’s so important to know who you are and stand up for something.
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Business Change Important Stand Yourself
All women are NATURALLY, bad ass!
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Attitude Myself Natural Woman
But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.
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Death Love Myself Play
Quiet moments recharge me.
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Moments Myself Quiet Recharge
Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.
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Experience Liberty Maturity Myself
Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually, and I think that it’s really made me a much smarter, braver for sure, person.
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Brave Fear Myself Person Smart Vocabulary

I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

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I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.

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