“Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.”
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There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.
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On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
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