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You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

People have the right to say what they want, but as long as I can go to bed at night and look myself in the mirror, I'll be all right.

Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.

Everything you try to do in life, of any value, people are going to be saying, 'No, no, no.' You have to have the ability to not see that or hear that.

If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.

People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.

I'm often troubled by a very strong instinct to share everything that's going on with me. I want to feel that connection, even with people I don't know. Then this other voice says, 'That's not prudent. People will use what you've said to hurt you.'

I do have a right to talk about my life, to tell my truth from my perspective.