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> [Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-naomi-remen/healing-may-not-be-so-much-about-getting-better-as-about-letting-go/)

[Rachel Naomi Remen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-naomi-remen/)

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> [You should really know what the complete natural world of your region is and know what all its interactions are and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-snyder/you-should-really-know-what-the-complete-natural-world-of-your-region/)

[Gary Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-snyder/)

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> [The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/the-path-of-awakening-is-not-about-becoming-who-you-are-rather-it-is/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

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> [If you're going to do a memoir, then it's sort of at this age - in your late sixties or seventies -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/if-you-re-going-to-do-a-memoir-then-it-s-sort-of-at-this-age-in-your/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

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> [You end up becoming who you are by jumping into that circle of fear - that's how it's done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-abdul/you-end-up-becoming-who-you-are-by-jumping-into-that-circle-of-fear/)

[Paula Abdul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-abdul/)

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