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Related It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN you know what the best kind of organic certification would be? make an unannounced visit to a farm a... MICHAEL POLLAN I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON No need to feel shame for what you are. DEYTH BANGER How do you love your children? By doing what's best for them. Then how would you love your... J. GRANT HOWARD Oi’m always noble, sir; it’s in my blood. ’As been ever since Oi ate that knight a few years b... ELIZABETH HAYDON You're a throwback." "To what?" Jess considered this. Hi-tech at work, Emily was paradoxic... ALLEGRA GOODMAN There is something really amazing about you.. Your unique ideas and thoughts that you bring to this ... RACHEL HAMILTON You are the architect of your life. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA You are what you are, and what you are is not me! ANTHONY T. HINCKS To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Everyone in my story has it's own character, GreenHollyWood cheeky, hypocritical and near to mad guy... DEYTH BANGER I’m glad I see with my eyes and not the pages I’ve read. ALBERTO CAEIRO Save your ass, give my ass.... what a friend you are... DEYTH BANGER Who are you?” I asked. “Are we playing that game again?” she asked me with a nice smile. ... NICO J. GENES You can be all that you want to be. Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your
next moment based ... DOC CHILDRE Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your
next moment based ... DOC CHILDRE We oft know little of who we were, only something of who we are, and nothing of who we may be. CHARLIE FLETCHER You are not born with beauty, your beauty is created by who you are. Your inner beauty is more impor... EMILY COUSSONS Never get to the point where you cannot see anything good about yourself SOTONYE ANGA I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER Never get to the point where you cannot see anything good about yourself SOTONYE ANGA When you have the strength to stand up for yourself ,the ones you love and the dignity and honor to ... GARY F EVANS... when im mad i usually punch a wall but that doesnt work so when your mad you dont need to punch a wa... DALLY SALAD We have this weird thing in the world where you don't get insulted for what you do, you get insulted... JOHN GREEN I wanted to show these people who he really was. And pain always did that, took the insides out." 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DAVID SEDARIS Unworthiness is the inmost frightening thought that you do not belong, no matter how much you want t... GARY ZUKAV If you realize what the real problem is - losing yourself - you realize that this itself is the ulti... JOSEPH CAMPBELL Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand. LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS When you are on your purpose, your preoccupation isn't what you don't have yet. You've already drunk... ASSEGID HABTEWOLD Szerzetesek, vannak tanulatlan, közönséges emberek, akik nem gondolnak a nemes dolgokkal, nem hal... GAUTAMA BUDDHA A wonderful realization will be the day you realize that you are unique in all the world. There is n... LEO BUSCAGLIA És Brahmá, a Teremtő, felső ruháját fél vállán átvetve, összetett kézzel meghajolt a Mag... GAUTAMA BUDDHA Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE In life the only things that you see are things that you are projecting, and life presents you with ... OSHO Ques eso? Queso? 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COLEY It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or... DALE CARNEGIE Our biggest fear is to go anywhere near who you are. JOHNNY DEPP You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do thing... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do th... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Life is not really what it seems like at times; what you see, hear, read or even taste isn't really ... ROSA M. BETANCES The curious fascination in this job [U.S. representative] is the illusion that either you are being ... MILLICENT FENWICK People are who they are and, try as you might, you cannot make them be what you want them to be. LEILA SALES You are blessed, You are great. You are not alone. You are powerful. AMIT RAY Do not hide who you are. 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counts. BRIAN TRACY It doesn't matter what size or shape you are. Burlesque is about feeling positive about who you are,... BABY DOE Courage is feeling justly afraid and yet still doing what is right. SHANNON HALE
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your feet cold
screenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. TOM SCHULMAN