Our experiences are deeply influenced by what is said about them.
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Complaining about exclusion is a way of remaining silent.
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The articulation of experience is among the hallmarks of a self-determining individual or community.
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Having the opportunity to talk about ones life, to give an account of it, to interpret it, is integral to leading that life rather than being led through it.
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Germaine Greer
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
Henry David Thoreau
I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think.
Victoria Principal