People ask me why I wear veils. I reply, I am mourning. Mourning what? Well I figure something shitty must be going on somewhere.

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You can be whoever you choose to become in the future, just do it. Just see it and visualize it and every day of your life project that about yourself.

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I am a feminist. I reject wholeheartedly the way we are taught to perceive women. The beauty of women, how a woman should act or behave. Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft-spoken and loud, all at once. There is something mind-controlling about the way we're taught to view women.

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Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

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To everyone who says this is wrong to feel like this say, 'I was born this way baby.

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Bare your struggles very close to your heart and have them be a part of you that you’re proud of instead of something that you’re ashamed of.

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There's no way to convince people of your greatness. Whatever it is that you want to be, you have to know it inside and knife-fight your way to your dream.

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You will never find what you are looking for in love, if you don't love yourself.

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Confidence is key, if you don't have it, fake it!

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Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.

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