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• Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.
• I am not myself; I am the potential of myself.
• The individuals inside are frequently fighting that their individual voices be heard, while the walls of the place, which are the mask,…
• Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.
• Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.
• We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that…
• Art simply can’t be stopped.
• What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to…
• My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way that you…
• Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go…
• Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration…
• Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us…

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