I can't perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it'll distract from the whole persona. -MF Doom

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Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you. — Rumi

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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside, and something else will take its place. —Lance Armstrong

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It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone. ― Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

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My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you...

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He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none. ― Madeline Miller

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One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go. —Jane Fonda

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You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try. — Dolly Parton

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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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Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning… Anyone can start over and make a new ending. —Chico Xavier

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