The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.

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I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for. – Georgia O’Keeffe

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The criminal justice system punishes people for their poverty. ― Kamala Harris

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The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. - Dolly Parton

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It is strange, but true, that the most important turning-points of life often come at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected ways.

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The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy. ― Kalu Ndukwe Kalu

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The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

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There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.

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I've never been really great at trusting anybody, just because of the way I grew up.

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Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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