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I have this theory - that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have.

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Jewel
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 23
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Jewel Kilcher
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The savages are upon me and I feel my flesh burn beneath the teeth of their indifference.
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I don't feel like I've changed as much as radio formats have changed.
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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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Without a band, I'm much more free to improvise.
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We can't underestimate the value of silence. We need to create ourselves, need to spend time alone. If you don't, you risk not knowing yourself and not realizing your dreams.
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I will gather myself around my faith, for light does the darkness most fear.
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I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.
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Only kindness matters. We are God's hands.
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If I could tell the world just one thing, it would be that we are all ok. And not to worry because worry is wasteful and useless in times like these.
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You have to be an ally in a difficult time and not turn on yourself with self-shaming thoughts, which makes facing pain intolerable.
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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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I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.
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I was thinking that I might fly today. Just to disprove all the things you say... please be careful with me, I'm sensitive, and I'd like to stay that way.
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Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous there's really nothing to lose.
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I've had mentors who were kind of the troubadour singer-songwriters, like Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and that's just what I've always liked - people who would talk real honestly about their lives and their circumstance.
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Lots of people have gone from public housing to do great things in the world and have a tremendous sense of duty to their fellow man because of it.
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I believe in liberty and freedom for all. I believe in gay marriage.
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You have to realize: OK, I don't know how to solve a political problem, I don't know how to solve the pollution problem... all I know is in my own life, I need to figure out some sense of purpose, I need to figure out how to be happy... and I'm willing.
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