I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

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When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

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The more you can have control over your ego rather than let it run amuck, the more successful you’ll be in all areas of life. ― Roy T. Bennett

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I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

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We work to become, not to acquire. — Elbert Hubbard

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You had to risk your life to get love. You had to get right to the edge of death to ever be saved. ― Chuck Palahniuk

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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

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Either you run the day or the day runs you. — Jim Rohn

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You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life. ― Mary Oliver

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Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and more, because their stories haven’t yet been completely told. ― Dean Koontz

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