I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.

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I've forgotten many things, but I'll never forget a melody.

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Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

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I dressed like Leslie Caron as a teenager: soft school pleats, Peter Pan collars. - Mary Quant

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If you can't feed your baby, then don't have a baby.

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Prejudice is ignorance.

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People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

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They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us. - Fannie Lou Hamer

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Beer may cause you to digress - and lead a happier life.

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Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before. — Shigeo Shingo

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