You do learn things and one of them is that happiness has nothing to do with validation from other people, the important thing is being happy with yourself ... finding something that is important to you and sticking with it no matter what anyone says. The truth is you've got to really be tough because there are all kinds of forces that are always trying to get you to do things their way ... trying to tell you that you are throwing your life away if you don't follow their advice.

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No matter what you do or say, there's nothing that you can do to make people understand you.

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The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

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We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.

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None of you will ever know what I am thinking.

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I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory.

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I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

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A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

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I'm not worried about what's going to happen when I'm thirty, because I am never going to make it to thirty. You know what life is like after thirty - I don't want that.

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Rather be dead than cool.

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