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" Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. "

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Doing The Right Thing

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" If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good. "

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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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" 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. "

" So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground. "

" I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain. "

" If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit. "

" Every day, you're only as good as your last show. "

" I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear. "

" If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure. "