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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sur...
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's ho...
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You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the ...
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When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.
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Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to ...
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The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about...
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I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with...
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Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
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True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
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You can have it all. Just not all at once.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or...
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The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have,...
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I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.
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Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.
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Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
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When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.
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Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ...
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I ...
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Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
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When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for ...
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My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the stree...
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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there wa...
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You can have it all. You just can't have it all at one time.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every ex...
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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I'm stopped. I'll never eat another burger She was sued by Amarillo cattle ranchers for saying: I'm ...
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I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my m...
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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or ho...
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Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus...
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Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
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You cannot hate other people without hating your self.
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
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There's no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of m...
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Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you w...
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Feelings are really your GPS system for life. When your supposed to do something, or not supposed to...
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Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.
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Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone e...
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It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures,...
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I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.
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You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just ...
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When you don't know what to do, get still. Get very still until you do know what to do.
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If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That's the lesson. That lesson alone, will save you a lot of ...
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Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has com...
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I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.
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I had become so accustomed to succeeding that I no longer even remembered what it was like to fail.
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I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
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Over the years, I've interviewed thousands of people, most of them women, and I would say that t...
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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
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You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.
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I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying t...
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only...
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With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.
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Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.
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Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don't feel worthy on...
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes th...
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Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.
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When you're the most successful person in your family, in your neighborhood, and in your town, e...
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I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
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I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school, and our life the classrooms.
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You're either humble or you're not. If you were a jerk before the fame, you just become a je...
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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Every day, you're only as good as your last show.
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Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.
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Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see ...
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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You alone are enough.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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To me, the money is - it's certainly a wonderful thing. But it is in direct proportion to how yo...
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It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide...
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When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for...
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I always feel that until you take your last breath, you're always growing.
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I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... t...
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
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It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religiou...
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For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way ou...
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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or h...
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I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility....
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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
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I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, ever...
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If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that reall...
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Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in you...
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I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. An...
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to con...
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If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the m...
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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it ...
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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
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No matter who we are or what we look like or what we may believe, it is both possible and, more impo...
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best ...
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I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really...
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I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as someb...
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Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.
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The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I mi...
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What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
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If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit.
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now...
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It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.
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You are who you are at this moment because of everything that's ever happened to you, everything...
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I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibilit...
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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
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What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
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I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment ...
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The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not...
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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don'...
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Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's w...
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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his att...
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I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I&#...
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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Step Away from the Mean Girls…
…and say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks.
Are y...
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Inner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, "I'm in flux. I can't decide for...
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I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not j...
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If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody ...
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All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.
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Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just fin...
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I believe that [everyone] is the keeper of a dream - and by tuning into one another's secret hopes, ...
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My constant prayer for myself is to be used in service for the greater good.
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You really haven't changed, you've just become more of yourself. That is really what were all trying...
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Walk through life eager and open to self-improvement and that which is going to best help you evolve...
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The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consider the world, our earth, to be like a school, an...
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Nobody's journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks. It's just life's way o...
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Life is a reciprocal exchange. To move forward, you have to give back.
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Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first,...
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In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than y...
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity...
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Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on t...
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
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The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you'...
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Partake of some of life's sweet pleasures. And yes, get comfortable with yourself.
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Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life's blessings.
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In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Y...
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If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
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I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it.
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I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
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I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
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I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.
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Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close...
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or n...
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I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment ...
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Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask ...
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The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small s...
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I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and ...
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The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiv...
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You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.
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Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.
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I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention...
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Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both y...
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Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well...
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Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.
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If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for ...
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With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
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Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.
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What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.
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What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.
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We are each responsible for our own life - no other person is or even can be.
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When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless o...
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When you choose the paradigm of service, it turns everything you do from a job into a gift.
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How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not au...
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Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, harness your power to your passion. Honor you...
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
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The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
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I feel you betrayed millions of readers.
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we couldn't count.
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Oh really. Who is first?
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We create stress for ourselves because you feel like you have to do it. You have to. I don't feel th...
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Everyone has to learn to think differently, bigger, to open to possibilities.
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It's a combination of eating consciously, vigorous exercise and being comfortable in my body.
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I'm easy to look at, but so hard to see...
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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have,...
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Yes, yes, yes! Yes, you do.
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[While not directly criticizing the relief effort, she said:] This makes me so mad. This should not ...
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I'd be thinking about where the interview should go; she would be thinking about what she could do t...
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a person with presence.
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This is the best ice cream I've ever tasted.
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I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like it, they call it sensational, but I say life is sensational.

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I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like it, they call it sensational, but I say life is sensational.

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