1.
Peace and Blessings manifest with every lesson learned. If your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.
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Harmony and Gratitude arise with each experience gleaned. If wisdom were your fortune then it would be well deserved.
2.
Be you. Make sure you're saying something when you're saying something. It's important to sound like you, to feel like you, to be like you. Be you.
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Be authentic. Ensure your words have purpose and genuine meaning. It's essential to communicate in a manner that is uniquely your own, that reflects who you are, and that allows you to express yourself honestly. Be authentic.
3.
The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good on the inside.
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The glow of goodness always radiates from within if one is earnestly attempting to be virtuous.
4.
I'm only in competition with my last level.
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I'm only in competition with myself.
5.
I live in a queendom, ruled by a womb-iverse.
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I inhabit a dominion, administered by an originator.
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Following your heart also means eliminating the things that no longer evolve you.
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Pursuing your passions also necessitates banishing those elements which no longer foster growth.
7.
I think people who vibrate at the same frequency, vibrate toward each other. They call it - in science - sympathetic vibrations.
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I believe those who resonate at the same level of energy are drawn to one another. Scientists term this phenomenon as sympathetic resonance.
8.
They play it safe, are quick to assassinate what they do not understand. They move in packs, ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another.
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9.
I'm a recovering undercover over-lover.
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I am a former secret enthusiast.
10.
I create my own calm and I keep my balance, because I know that it's not really me, by myself... The Creator always gives me the energy.
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I maintain my composure and equilibrium, for I comprehend it is not solely me... The Divine consistently furnishes me with vitality.
11.
If you invite negativity in, you have to feed it and hang out with it. Best not to invite it in.
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Avoid harboring negative energy, for it will only demand sustenance and attention.
12.
I know that I want to concentrate more on my inside-pretty than my outside-pretty, because thats gonna go away. But if your inside is beautiful, it never wears away. The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good inside.
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13.
Time to eliminate things that no longer evolve me.
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'It's time to part ways with aspects that no longer enhance my growth.'
14.
My hair is an aesthetic choice⌠At the same time, how you wear your hair is a political statement as well.
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My mane is an artistic decision⌠Simultaneously, how you style your hair is a declaration of beliefs as well.
15.
We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to document our history the history becomes twisted and we get written out. We get our noses blown off.
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16.
Don't let anybody infiltrate your dream
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Guard your ambition from outside interference.
17.
I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.
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18.
Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not . . . ââBadu pauses to get her words together; she wants this point to be very clearââ. . . when it is not packaged for the consumption of male entertainment. Then it becomes confusing.
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19.
I'm a complete human being. I'm very emotional and loving. I feel, I hurt, I give, I take, and also I think. I analyze. I'm a sociologist, anthropologist.
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20.
Better think while it's still legal.
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21.
I strongly believe that the more positive my vibration is, the clearer my message will be. I keep my negative thoughts from infiltrating my pathway and my dreams. Other people's thoughts are none of my business.
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22.
So the most natural thing to me is to stay as pure to or real to or close to who I am as possible.
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23.
I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women.
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24.
I was born to make mistakes, I ain't scared to take the weight.
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25.
Vegan food is soul food in its truest form. Soul food means to feed the soul. And, to me, your soul is your intent. If your intent is pure, you are pure.
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26.
I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.
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27.
Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.
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And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary.
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29.
You don't have to believe everything you think.
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30.
I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.
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31.
The Man That Knowz Something Knowz That He Knowz Nothing At All.
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32.
That's the moment I learned that the more you believe in yourself, the stronger the vibration touches someone else, and things begin to happen the way you dreamed that they would.
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33.
It just works better for me to discriminate between which thoughts are mine and which come from elsewhere, before I even talk about them or express them - it helps to keep me focused on my path.
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34.
What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.
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35.
We lock ourselves into our own philosophies, our own religions, our own walks of life, and if we fail, we condemn ourselves and then we get sick.
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36.
My work as a doula also extends all the way to the end of life. I sit at the bedsides of people who are passing on in hospices or nursing homes, for the people and families who want that kind of thing.
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37.
Art is the absence of fear.
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38.
This pain to remain the same outweigh the pain to change... When you get tired enough is when you begin to want to sacrifice everything inside of youâthe fear just leaves
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39.
I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where you need to be. Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's easy, the places that your heart takes you. But continue to follow it. Where the train leads you - you'll get there.
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40.
I'm not satisfied with the explanations I get from tv or from school.
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41.
A lot of people have dementia, which is great, because then they don't recognize me.
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42.
I don't require sex for happiness - I need companionship. I need a partner I can depend on, that I can love and grow with.
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43.
I'm more like an oven than a microwave.
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44.
I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I'm not judgmental. And I'm a vegetarian.
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45.
My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables, It don't have nothing to do with your new friend
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46.
I view my hair and clothes as functional art.
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47.
In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, âI got to wake upâ say âI get to wake up!â
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48.
I don't know why, it's just what I feel inside, the thoughts that I sing about. It's just my truth. Sometimes my emotions can be mistaken for messages.
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49.
The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.
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50.
Poor is the new black.
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