I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.
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Lose yourself in the music, the moment - you own it.
Interpretation
Engage fully in your passions and experiences to gain control over your life.
The quote encourages individuals to immerse themselves completely in their passions and moments of creativity. By doing so, one can take ownership of their experiences, leading to personal growth and fulfillment.
In practice
During a motivational speech about following your dreams.
I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime.
I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice. And if you're always the new kid, you never get a chance to adapt, so your confidence is just zilch.
Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.
I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.
My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.
When I joined 'Essence,' I was a young, single mother. I was 24. I hadn't gone to college. I wasn't making any money at 'Essence' - what was it, $500 a month - and I was struggling. So I was always looking down the road, always hoping for a better, you know, tomorrow.
You need so much energy and encouragement to write that if someone says something negative, some of that energy goes.
I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
I'm honored to have been chosen as a fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. I am hugely appreciative for the support I have had throughout my life, and I look forward to using the grant to help institutions that have fed my soul and to support new work that inspires me.
Each time we act to improve the life of another person, we send forth a ripple of hope in what appears to be a hopeless society.
No one else can feel it for you_x000D_ Only you can let it in_x000D_ No one else, no one else_x000D_ Can speak the words on your lips_x000D_ Drench yourself in words unspoken_x000D_ Live your life with arms wide open_x000D_ Today is where your book begins_x000D_ The rest is still unwritten.
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