The role that she's taken on it's very austere, it's very sort of serious and I think there's a great weight that she has ... acquired through that and she takes it very seriously, i think it was the last moment probably that she could reflect sort of the other side to her ... the joy and the human within her.

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I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it's that opening my own heart is what has brought me my greatest success and joy.

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Nobody but you is responsible for your life. You are responsible for your life. What is your life? What is all life? What is every flower, every rock, every tree? Energy. And you're responsible for the energy you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.

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Even the wildest dreams have to start somewhere. Allow yourself the time and space to let your mind wander and your imagination fly.

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With every failure, every crisis, every difficult time, I say - What is this here to teach me? And as soon as you get the lesson, you get to move on. If you really get the lesson, you pass and you don't have to repeat the class.

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Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.

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Turn your wounds into wisdom.

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Don't get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are.

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Thank you for that experience.

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The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.

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What I know for sure is this: The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal for this year is, you can get there - as long as you're willing to be honest with yourself about the preparation and work involved. There are no back doors, no free rides. There's just you, this moment, and a choice.

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If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief.

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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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We often block our own blessings because we don't feel inherently good enough or smart enough or pretty enough or worthy enough... You're worthy because you are born and because you are here. Your being here, your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.

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Anything you can imagine, you can create.

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I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.

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The only courage you will need is the courage to live the life you are meant to.

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What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

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All of us need a vision for our lives, and even as we work to achieve that vision, we must surrender to the power that is greater than we know. It's one of the defining principles of my life that I love to share: God can dream a bigger dream for you than you could ever dream for yourself.

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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

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