Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. — Judy Garland

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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. – Judy Garland

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You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar. - George Carlin

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Never say anything about yourself you don't want to come true

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If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. — Booker T. Washington

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The years lay spread out before her, spacious untouched canvases on which she was presently going to paint the picture of her life. It was to be a very beautiful picture, she said to herself with an extraordinary feeling of proud confidence; not beautiful because of any gifts or skill of hers, for never was a woman more giftless, but because of all the untiring little touches, the ceaseless care for detail, the patient painting out of mistakes; and every touch and every detail was going to be aglow with the bright colours of happiness. ― Elizabeth von Arnim

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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself. ― George Bernard Shaw

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No matter how far away from yourself you may have strayed, there is always a path back. You already know who you are and how to fulfill your destiny. — Oprah Winfrey

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A friend is a gift you give yourself.

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If you can’t laugh at yourself you can’t laugh at all. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

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