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" Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything. "

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Believe In Yourself

" I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do. "

" Factory farming is one of the biggest contributors to the most serious environmental problems. The meat industry causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes and ships in the world. "

" I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll. "

" People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do. "

" People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it. "

" I like the way black looks. I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease. The black is sort of the bad-guy guise, so I work overtime to make people comfortable. "

" Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman. "

" Life is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together. "

" I love school. I was a great student. "

" I left my family, and I left my brother and sister, and I went and lived my dream. I saw everybody, but is it ever enough? "