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Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.
Jewel
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Jewel
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 23
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Jewel Kilcher
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No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from.
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Love is a flame neither timid nor tame.
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Words can crush things that are unseen.
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The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach.
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I wanted to be an honest writer and show my ugliness as much as I showed my hopes or goodness. And that really sculpted the type of artist I've become.
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I used to love reading when I was little, and then it became difficult and I didn't understand why. I thought, what a bummer, my passion all drained out of me. So when I found out I had dyslexia, it was like, oh, that's what it was.
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I didn't mean to be a songwriter I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's all I had to do.
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I love vulnerability. It's what keeps me soft and from becoming emotionally calcified.
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Being engaged with life. One has to develop a poet's eye for perfect moments, moments that most people pass by.
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Maybe I could have loved you better. Maybe you should have loved me more. Maybe our hearts were just next in line. Maybe everything breaks sometime.
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A good love is delicious, you can't get enough too soon.
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I love to be alone with life. I love to study simple things: the light as it filters in a window the music of a room full of people chatting a horizon.
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I was really inspired while I was pregnant and I wrote a whole album for my baby. I wanted to write a kids album that didn't annoy parents. I used The Beatles 'Rocky Raccoon' as sort of a starting place for my writing.
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My life has been full of struggles - coming from a troubled home, moving out when I was fifteen, ending up homeless by eighteen. The one thing I always knew was being jaded and bitter was equal to letting life win.
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I'm trying to be in the moment and really enjoy my pregnancy. I feel really lucky.
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My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.
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So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.
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Well in case you failed to notice, In case you failed to see, This is my heart bleeding before you, This is me down on my knees These foolish games are tearing me apart Your thoughtless words are breaking my heart You're breaking my heart
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I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.
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We are each others angels in the way that we answer each others prayers and we can also make each others lives miserable.
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