I'm willing to fly close to the flame.

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I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world.

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If you take care of the woman in the family, the whole family prospers. But when the mother falters, the family falls apart.

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You can't find peace by hiding from life

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Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

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I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive.

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I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.

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As a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That's where I could go. That was a lot of times [what] saved me.

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If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.

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The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

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