The hood made me, but it doesn’t define me.

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"Christmas, to me, is as many people as possible happy."

- Tupac Shakur

Happiness

"A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once."

- Tupac Shakur

Courage

"You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on."

- Tupac Shakur

Adaptation

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender."

- Tupac Shakur

Adversity

"Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared."

- Tupac Shakur

Growth

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"Beauty is not about physical perfection, but about authenticity and confidence."

- Beauty and the Beast

Self-awareness

"Beauty is found in the unique qualities that make us who we are."

- Beauty and the Beast

Self-awareness

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."

- Lily Tomlin

Self-awareness

"Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears."

- Laird Hamilton

Self-awareness

"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."

Self-awareness