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If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is I am not what you want me to be.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

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Don't believe me, don't believe yourself, and don't believe anyone else.
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For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they're lies, you're free.
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Doubt is a powerful tool. Doubt challenges my beliefs and breaks the spell of all the lies and superstitions that control my world. I use doubt to recover faith in myself, to take my power back from every superstition I believe in, and return that power to myself.
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Love coming out of you makes you happy. The whole world can love you, but that love will not make you happy. What will make you happy is to share all the love you have inside you. That is the love that will make a difference.
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Love has no resistance. Whatever we do is because we want to do it.
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Imagine living your life without being afraid to take a risk and to explore life.
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Relationship is an art. The dream that two people create is more difficult to master than one.
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Suffering and drama begin when you lie to yourself, even if you don't realize you are lying.
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You don't have to live with anger, or sadness, or jealousy. You don't have to judge yourself, make yourself guilty, and punish yourself.
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