You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script. — Oprah Winfrey

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You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.

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I fear that, as conditions worsen, many will react to the failures of too much government by calling for even more government. Then there will be more and more lifeboats launched because fewer and fewer citizens know how to swim. Unlike some pendulums, political pendulums to not swing back automatically; they must be pushed. History is full of instances when people have waited in vain for pendulums to swing back.

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People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing you are the beholder. —Salma Hayek

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Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people.

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The fact is that some people put a lot of hard work into laziness. ― Tamerlan Kuzgov

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I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are perceiving you.

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Happy people build their inner world; unhappy people blame their outer world.

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Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.

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There is something extraordinary about people who have a disability to reach (into themselves) on a daily level that becomes supernatural.

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