Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
Not doing more movies.
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Citizens around the world blaming others for their personal disappointments, othering them, labelling them, terrorising them with hate-filled rhetoric and shutting the doors of their hearts.
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I’ve learned to accept everything. Part of enjoying life is releasing those disappointments.
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Less work, more living.
Not being at peace with myself, in spite of an ongoing lifetime effort to try to calm down and accept that, no matter what, I did the best I could.
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