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Anita Baker Quote

“I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.”

— Anita Baker

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Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.

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Happiness

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You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

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Wisdom

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I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

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Wisdom

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If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.

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Wisdom

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If you have your own agenda and your own style and you don't easily conform to what the masses are doing, you're looked upon as being difficult. Whereas, I think of it as just being an individual.

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Wisdom

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My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'

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Success

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