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All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.

Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
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Actually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright
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I said, If I was a Negro girl- He placed his fingers across my lips so I tasted his saltiness. We can't think of changing our skin, he said. Change the world-that's how we gotta think.
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