The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

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Not everyone's life is what they make it. Some people's life is what other people make it.

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Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

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There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

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Every soul is to be cherished, every flower is to bloom.

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We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

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I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

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Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

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A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world.

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