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Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.

Alicia Keys

No one will take care of you if you don’t take care of yourself.
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Care Self Love Yourself
I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.
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Drive Environment Myself Thinking Tough
I’d rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I’m not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.
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Believe Choice Feeling Guilty Myself See Wrong
What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving.
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Break Heart Love Need Suffering Unity
Risk the fall to know how it feels to fly.
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Fall Feeling Fly Risk Yourself
Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?
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Goodness Myself World
What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind.
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Break Heart Broken Kind Myself Suffering
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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Drugs Growth Myself Tough Young
Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned…another lesson learned.
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Burn Learning Lesson Myself Return
You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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Better Ready Strong Yourself
I’ve been able to find a lot of what I’ve not had before: freedom, bravery, fearlessness. It’s empowering to find those things.
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Brave Empowerment Fear Freedom Myself
I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.
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Guidance Moments Myself Performance Prayer Sleep
You’ve got to love what’s yours.
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Love Yourself
Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.
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Change Empowerment Woman World
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
Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones.
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Goodness Hold Moments Myself Time

Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.

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Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.

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