Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.
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I'VE ALREADY MET HIM!!!
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Music is my life!!! I am very eclectic, but just to name a few of my favs....
Beyonce, Maxwell, Jill Scott, Deftones, Erykah Badu,
Heather Hedley, Hoobastank,Jamie Cullum, John Legend, John Mayer, Joss Stone, Kanye West, Kem, Kenny Lattimore, Lauren Hill, Mary J. Blidge, Matisyahu, Mos Def, Talib Kweli,Musiq Soulchild, Nelly Furtado, John Lennon, Timbaland, Pharrel, Portishead, Placebo, Sick Puppies, Garbage, Pink Floyd, Incubus, Raphael Saadiq, Res, Robin Thicke, Sade, Sarah McLachlan, Staind, Thievery Corporation, Zero 7, Alicia Keys, Lamb, John Debney, John Barry, Frou Frou, Aaliyah, Phil Collins, The Roots, Bush, Cold, Crossfade, Def Leppard, Journey,P lacebo, Deborah Cox, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Natalie Imbruglia, Helen Saint John, Harry Gregson-Williams, A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Jay-Z, Bob Marley, Brand Nubians, Common, Fergie, George Benson, Mims, Victor Manuelle, Jerry Rivera, Paulina Rubio, The Fray, Maroon 5, Creed, Hinder, Beenie Man, Damian "Junior Gong" Marley, Buju Banton, Joe, Troop, Run DMC, The Isley Brothers, New Edition, The Police, Gang Starr, Blackalicious, Gwen Stefani, Amy Winehouse
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Anyone that knows me, knows I loooove movies and going to the movies -
To List some of my favs:
There's Something About Mary, The Notebook, The Wedding Planner, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Motorcycle Diaries, Legend, Love Jones, The Brothers, Last of the Mohicans, Queen of the Dammed, Borat, Dead Presidents, Braveheart,First Knight, Henry V,Merlin of Crystal Cave,Wedding Crashers, Lord of the Rings, Alexander, Ray, Out of Time, The Color Purple, The Five Heartbeats, Flashdance, Glory, Menace II Society, Purple Rain, Ghost, Titanic, Jerry Maguire,St. Elmos Fire, Pearl Harbor, A Walk to Remember, Sweet November
TV melts your brain. Don't watch it much. When I do watch TV I enjoy:
The Discovery Channel, The Travel Channel, MTV, VH1, America's Next Top Model, 24, The Sopranos, Sleeper Cell, Myth Busters, Chapelle Show
To name a few:
The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav, Live What You Love by Bob Blanchard, The Art of Happiness Dalai Lama, The Stand by Stephen King, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, The Davinci Code by Dan Brown, The Innocent by Harlan Coben, The Road Less Traveled by . Scott Peck, M.D.
STILL I RISE
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame - I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain - I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear - I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear - I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
~Mya Angelou