"I always found myself trying to cover the mental anguish and the torment and the abuse that I was dealing with. That made me always question my beauty, my intelligence, and a lot of other things about myself."

-- Tasha Smith

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“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”

Source : Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA
“It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity, imagination and personal computers. Above all, what you have as young people that's vitally needed to make social change, is impatience. You want it to happen now. There have to be enough people that say, â€˜We want it now, in our lifetime.â€™ This is your moment. This is your opportunity. Be adventurists in the sense of being bold and daring. Be opportunists and seize this opportunity, this moment in history, to go out and save our country. It's your turn now.”
“Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.”
“By now, a million pedal strokes have etched the muscles in my legs with a single purpose: to power the crank and move the bicycle forward. Food flows into my body, bringing it power and strength. It is no longer a question of struggle. Now the journey evolves into the spiritual realm-where the pedaling becomes instinctive. It's a free-flow of energy that comes through my body and willingly expresses itself in the flight of the pedals.”
“The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'”
“I never thought anything about age. I believed sincerely and still do, that thereâ€™s nothing I cannot do. I believe that all the power in the universe is right inside me.”
“Rest assured, for every piece of business the most businesslike thing is to choose the right moment.”
“Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.”

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