I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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To those who have given up on love: I say, Trust life a little bit.
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Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
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Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
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Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
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