"Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.
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“I don't live by all these rigid, weird rules that make me feel all fenced in. I just like the way that I feel like, and that makes me feel very free.”
“Find the courage to seek out your big dream, regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.”
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
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