• Be yourself.
• It’s good to be smart.
• It’s not good to use your intelligence to make others feel small.
• Creativity is a natural part of life.
• No one can make you happy–you have to do that for yourself.
• You owe it to the world to be the best you can be.
• The words “independent” and “woman” go together quite nicely.
• Artists draw what they see, not what everyone else sees.
• Picking up rotten fruit won’t kill you.
• Children deserve to be listened to.
• Children do not deserve to always get their way.
• You are never to old to learn new things.

I love you Mom.

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