Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you. ― Marcus Aurelius

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stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.

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I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.

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Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

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When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.

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All of the actors that have served to me as inspiration over the years have been those more associated with dramatic work who have, in turn, been able to embody their characters and lose themselves in those characters that they create.

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Down time is not the name of the game.

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You'd be amazed...at how few men have any women they can call upon to speak up for them, no matter how grave the consequences of remaining silent. ― Pearl Cleage

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I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

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