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If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.Michael Bassey Johnson
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You made me laugh at your jokes. You made me cry at your criticism. You made me shout at your lies. Then I noticed how in every case someone else was present, hearing you without laughter or tears or anger. I alone reacted. I see now; you never made me laugh or cry or rage. I chose to find humor. I chose to take offense. I chose to feel scorned. The truth is, you never had power over me.Richelle E. Goodrich
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Do not seek to rule any man other than yourself.Lailah Gifty Akita
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It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.Eric Robert Morse