I think following my instinct has proven to lead me in the right direction, and it’s hard to hear sometimes, because it’s a noisy world and there’s a lot of people talking to you.
ALICIA KEYSYou have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it’s not going to drive you.
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Wait, I’m deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.
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Falling down ain’t falling down, If you don’t cry when you hit the floor, It’s called the past cause I’m getting past, And I ain’t nothing like I was before, You ought to see me now.
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We’re all going to change. Otherwise, it’s boring. Who wants to stay the damn same all their life?
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Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. That’s how strong my love is.
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You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it’s not going to drive you.
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The desire to play has always been in me. I remember my first experience at about four or five of really dying to sing and dying to play that came from no one telling me to do so.
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You’ve got to love what’s yours.
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If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.
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There was no other path for me. I knew this was my path. I had to follow it.
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Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.
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I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I’m discovering who I am.
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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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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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If I know everything around the situation, all the facts, I feel like I can handle just about anything.
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You’re stronger, and you’re better, and you’re ready for whatever.
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