True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

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"Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials."

- Meryl Streep

Awareness

"Giving voice to characters that have no other voice—that’s the great worth of what we do."

- Meryl Streep

Compassion

"Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head."

- Meryl Streep

Self-awareness

"Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living."

- Meryl Streep

Happiness

"The formula of happiness and success is just being actually yourself in the most vivid way you possibly can."

- Meryl Streep

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"I don’t want to conquer anything. I just think that the guy with the most freedom in this ocean is the Pirate King!"

- Monkey D. Luffy

Independence

"Stand alone like a lion and live your life according to your own light."

- Osho

Independence

"It's better to be a lonely lion than a popular sheep."

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"Let your spirit dart and weave, free as a dragonfly"

Independence

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go."

- Dr. Seuss

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