Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.

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Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

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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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It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.

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It was so important for me to lose everything, because I found out what the most important thing is, which is to be true to yourself.

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Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if people are passing you on the street saying, "I can't tell if that person is laughing or crying, but either way they seem crazy, let's walk faster." Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling

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Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting 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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When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

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It must be around forty, when you're "over the hill." I don't even know what that means and why it's a bad thing. When I go hiking and I get over the hill, that means I'm past the hard part and there's a snack in my future. That's a good thing as far as I'm concerned.

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