If you're a strong female, you don't need permission.

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Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. — Will Rogers

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You cannot teach creativity—how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.” Mario Vargas Llosa.

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Strong reasons make strong actions.

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If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there. ― Roy T. Bennett

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I’m a black woman who is from Central Falls, Rhode Island. I’m dark skinned. I’m quirky. I’m shy. I’m strong. I’m guarded. I’m weak at times. I’m sensual. I’m not overtly sexual. I am so many things in so many ways and I will never see myself on screen. And the reason I will never see myself up on screen is because that does not translate with being black.

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My skepticism is strong, but my curiosity is stronger.

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To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

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Some of the things that beat the shit out of you . . . can beat the bullshit out of you too. ― Henry V. O'Neil

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If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. — Dolly Parton

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