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Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone's purpose in life except yours.

Iyanla Vanzant

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Iyanla Vanzant
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 13
Motivational Speaker
Spiritual Teacher
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Rhonda Eva Harris
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I came from nothing. I came from the projects and welfare and ended up a millionaire with no frame of reference. I was bound to hit a wall sooner or later.
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Authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy.
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I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace.
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When you have something to do life will not allow you to ove foward until you do it.
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Forgive everybody for everything. Just forgive and start - most of us can't start with ourselves. We have to forgive the people we think did things to us. So that's fine. Start there - wherever. Start with the dog who peed on the rug. I don't care where you start, just do it.
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