Life is to be lived, not controlled and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. ― Ralph Ellison

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If you think of something negative and you keep it in your head, you are going to actually live that. Now, if you think of something great and positive and joyful, you're going to actually live that. You've got to be careful what you put in your head. Basically, I'll call that: "Don't ever play yourself." ― DJ Khaled

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Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants. — Coco Chanel

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Hell has no fury like a woman scorned - William Congreve

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Play the game, never let the game play you.

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The woman who follows the crowd will usually believe that I said this. — Albert Einstein

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We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead. — Beyonce Knowles

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But 'why then publish?' There are no rewards Of fame or profit when the world grows weary. I ask in turn why do you play at cards? Why drink? Why read? To make some hour less dreary. It occupies me to turn back regards On what I've seen or pondered, sad or cheery, And what I write I cast upon the stream To swim or sink. I have had at least my dream.

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Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. ― Sojourner Truth

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Play! Invent the world! Invent reality!

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