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The thing is that love gives us a ringside seat on somebody else's flaws, so of course you're gonna spot some things that kinda need to be mentioned. But often the romantic view is to say, 'If you loved me, you wouldn't criticise me.' Actually, true love is often about trying to teach someone how to be the best version of themselves.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.
Fitness is not about being better than someone else... It's about being better than you used to be.
I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you. It's a conscious thing; it's a common-sense thing.
I have no problem with someone who disagrees with my life. That's your right to feel that way.
The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.
Being sad and being depressed are two different things. Also, people going through depression don't look so, while someone sad will look sad. The most common reaction is, 'How can you be depressed? You have everything going for you. You are the supposed number one heroine and have a plush home, car, movies... What else do you want?'
Expressions of affection, like putting your arm around someone's shoulder, holding hands, or giving a kiss good night, involve the principle of honesty.
When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here you throw this away.
If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I believe that hearing or deaf is fine as long as both parties are willing to communicate in each other's language. But if there's no communication, then the marriage, I believe, will be difficult if not doomed.
When I started writing poetry, it was always in very hip-hop influenced spaces: Someone would teach a Nas song side-by-side with a Gwendolyn Brooks poem, and we'd talk about the connections between those things.
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