Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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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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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out. The light doesn't always necessarily have to be in your family; for me it was teachers and school.
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I always knew I was destined for greatness.
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I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
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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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I do not believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
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I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
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It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.
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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 with you when the limo breaks down.
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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
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My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.
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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
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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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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
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We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
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When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
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You are what you are by what you believe!
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