The difficulty for me is that I'm interested in so many different things. I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up doing four or five different things

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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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Don't let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do, or cannot achieve. Do. Not. Allow. It.

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I just try and surround myself, for the biggest proportion of time that I can, with people who make me feel normal, because constantly feeling abnormal is quite difficult.

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

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The saddest thing for a girl to do is to dumb herself down for a guy.

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

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But it's a journey and the sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.

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

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It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for your imagination. I enjoy reading because I find it relaxing.

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