You do learn things and one of them is that happiness has nothing to do with validation from other people, the important thing is being happy with yourself ... finding something that is important to you and sticking with it no matter what anyone says. The truth is you've got to really be tough because there are all kinds of forces that are always trying to get you to do things their way ... trying to tell you that you are throwing your life away if you don't follow their advice.

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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. ― Søren Kierkegaard

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Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing. — Linda Hogan

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People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion. ― Anne Frank

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

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We think that computers are the most remarkable tools that humankind has ever come up with, and we think that people are basically tool users. So if we can just get lots of computers to lots of people, it will make some qualitative difference to the world.

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Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.— Bernard Baruch, financier

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A people free to choose will always choose peace. – Ronald Reagan

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Normal people think I'm insane.

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What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible. - John Lewis

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