What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.

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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.

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Anger is really disappointed hope

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As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

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The soul is awakened through service.

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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

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The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed

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