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“Why have I spent so long settling for less when I know damn well the world expects more?”

“If I want things to change, I have to change how I do things. And probably drastically.”

“Make them pay you what they would pay a white man.”

“When you're given an opportunity to change your life, be ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. The world doesn't give things, you take things.”

“Heartbreak is a loss. Divorce is a piece of paper.”

“You do not know how fast you have been running, how hard you have been working, how truly exhausted you are, until somewhat stands behind you and says, “It’s OK, you can fall down now. I’ll catch you.”

“Sometimes reality comes crashing down on you. Other times reality simply waits, patiently, for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it.”

“Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box. Don't do that.”

“I’m under absolutely no obligation to make sense to you.”

“Never let anyone make you feel ordinary.”