If I've learned anything, it's really just to stop trying to find answers and certainties.

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Girls should never be afraid to be smart

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There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith.

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Don't be ashamed if you don't like what others pretend to love

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I think women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes.

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There's a Theodore Roosevelt speech about the importance of being in the arena, whether you fail or you succeed, or you make a complete idiot of yourself, as long as you're doing the best with what you have, using whatever knowledge you have to bring to the table at that moment. And you continue to keep learning. I think my mistakes have made me much stronger. It's nice to know that things don't ultimately break you; that you need to go there to know.

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Feminism is equality: politically; culturally; socially; economically. That's it, that simple

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If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women won’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled.

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I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.

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Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.

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