Freedom is the most precious gift. Authenticity will get you further than talented but fake people. When something is over, don't just turn the page, start another book. True love is accepting that the other person may be happy without you, otherwise it's called possession, and nobody belongs to anyone. Vengeance is harming back, revenge is turning the harm into good. Decide to have fun when you are old or responsibilities will wear you down. The best thing about youth is hope for the future. Showing up when you are down is the key of your survival. When you grow up fatherless, you will seek recognition everywhere else. Pain is the best way to appreciate the good that comes after. If you can't combine both, work for money but also for fulfilment. What is the point of buying a mattress on credit if the weight of credit keeps you awake? Fame is useless unless it brings you something in return. Even if you're known by 20% of the population, 80% doesn't give a fuck. It used to only take 2 TV shows to be popular. Modern TV and politics require you to be an asshole. Be a light in the world, even if everyone gets angry at you. The most important thing to give your kids is your trust. Your kids don't belong to you but you should protect and accompany them. You don't need to identify with society, create your own. Don't hide your flaws, be open about them and accept others'. The most dangerous thing for yourself is yourself. What if death turns out to be the most beautiful day of your life? There are few things that are impossible for those who truly want them. If you don't have the spark for it, you don't have to do the thing.
Patrick BoutotPeople like you the way they've discovered you and fixate your identity. When success comes in music, you feel the shift from passion to work. Being a parent is the hardest job in the world and there is no school for it. Modern society is starting to sound like a pre-genocide era when you hear things like "we don't want them here, they are different, but don't repeat it". Hate starts verbally but ends in action. You'll always be a stranger to others. All our division criteria are constructions. Kids mock differences because their parents do. All it takes is a small group that claims to represent the whole group and does bad things to modify the perception towards the whole group. The army and state-backed police aren't neutral. Genocides can happen fast, without premeditation, while no one realizes what is happening. We shouldn't care about what someone's grandfather did to someone else's. Bad jokes can quickly turn into serious missions for dividing politic leaders. Killers have no humanity and die alongside their victims. During the worst atrocities is also when the humanity shines the brightest. Healing requires forgiveness. Your toughest moments led you to your current life that you are happy with. Difficult moments teach important lessons. Some people's life is so difficult they commit the worst atrocities possible, and we must forgive them. The worst thing with genocides is that they never cease to happen. We must collectively love everyone so much that desperate people don't commit desperate crimes. A country may not feel like home to you even if its people are your people. No matter how many "No" you receive, you just need one "Yes" to succeed. Fame is a light that puts you in a cage and it turns you into an object of worship for people around you that start feel successful by procuration. Life changes when your name has power, but you quickly realize that it's weird and you want to hide. Give their private life back to artists so that they can produce with authenticity. Your career should always come after your family's well-being. The best thing about any job is celebrating a success with your team. The saddest artists are the one on top of the rankings of the moment.
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