I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I shall try to exist.

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I don't strive for balance. I just try to get through my to-do list, with my kids' homework being at the top of it, and then try to prepare for the next audition or whatever scene I'm shooting next. Balance.

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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. — Colin Powell

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I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem. ― Kanye West

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That's another thing about being a certain age that I've noticed: I try as much as possible not to look in the mirror.

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We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — "Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.

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If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time. ― Edith Wharton

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Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do - Ella Fitzgerald

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You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America some sixty years ago, and I've been trying to change it ever since.

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I am freeing myself from security, sensation and power addictions that make me try to forcefully control situations in my life and thus destroy my serenity and keeps me from loving myself and others.

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