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"She had called herself a whore. That was a man's word, a shame-word flung at a woman. But she did not seem ashamed. She wielded the word like a sword, slicing away all his preconceptions of who she was. She had earned her living by her sex, and she did not seem to regret it."
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"They say you can't change the past despite the fact it never stops changing you " but that doesn't mean we have to sit back and take it. It may change us, but we have ultimate control over how we let it."
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"Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you."
"If you can listen to yourself and obey yourself more, then you have increased your chances for attaining personal effectiveness."
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