Please raise your children with love and non-judgement. Tell them everyone has the right to love who they want to love. It shouldn’t threaten you or who you are.

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It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting

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The word "yoga" literally means "uniting", because when you're doing it you are uniting your mind and your body. You can tell this almost immediately because your mind will be thinking, "Ouch, that hurts," and your body will say, "I know." And your mind will think, "You have to get out of this position." And your body will say, "I agree with you, but I can't right now. I think I'm stuck.

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I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.

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I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion.

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The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you're not.

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Do we have to know who's gay and who's straight? Can't we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?

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I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we're all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose... When you connect with that love and that compassion, that's when everything unfolds.

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I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.

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It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.

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