Good brands fulfill the dreams I have about myself and create harmony between the me I am and the me I desire to be.
He choked me until I passed out, smashed my head repeatedly into a cement floor, left hooked me more times than I care to recall, kicked me if I fell down, punched my breasts so they were terribly bruised, hit me in the face until I bled, etc.
Many people told me I had three strikes against me: I was black.
"It was actually floated past me, I mean people asked me what I thought, " Adiami said, adding that the people in question were from the White House.
And that would be around my friends and my family, and certain places I go where I know people know me and I can just be me.
His song had the rather clumsy title of I am I...or I am Me... or Me am I - doesn't really work well in English, does it?
The most meaningful support I received early on as a CEO was from the dominant board member who told me I was doing great, but I would fail at some things and he would be there for me when I did.
One might tell me I was calm, while another advised me that I needed to cool down, so take their readings with a grain of salt if you choose to hop on board.
At thirty, I renounced that other me and I went back to being me.
He asked me where I was going, and when I told him, he asked me if I had a place to stay.
"I told her she would not be happy with me because I had been drinking and when she saw me the next day I would be hungover, " Mr Siree said.
Later, as I was contemplating suicide one night, I looked down and saw the Bible she'd given me and I prayed to God "get me out of this mess I'm in".
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When I was pitching media ad nauseum back in the day, I was fortunate enough to pitch a few reporters who not only appropriately reamed me when I did it wrong, but they also took the time to tell me how I could have better intrigued them.
The producer guy got back to me after I sent him the video and asked me if I was a comedian or an actor.
"I was patiently waiting for somebody to give me a nickname that I thought suited me, " he says.
It showed me that I could really do anything and it showed me that I was tougher than I thought I was.
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People laugh at me when I say that, but they laughed at me when I said I wanted to be singer, and I'm a singer now.
Sometimes I worry that will happen to me but I don't think about that too much, plus I have Mindy to help me.
"I think, for me, the only thing that I basked in was that I had an impact on people, that people turned to me for inspiration, and I think that was the only thing I focused on, " the Hawaii-born Mormon said.
One day I was working with him, and that familiar smell that greeted me as I opened the anaesthetic room door immediately transported me back to the fear I once knew.
"If you had asked me when I was at my heaviest how being heavy had impacted me, I would have said, 'not at all, '" Jackson says.
Mr. GORDON PARKS (Photographer, Life magazine): I remember my mother specifically telling me that she would not accept any excuses because I was black and that I failed this or failed that, or this was denied me or that was denied me because I was black.
You know, my hair may be grayer than it was four years ago. (Laughter.) But my determination to do right by you is stronger than ever. (Applause.) My faith in you is stronger than ever. (Applause.) And if you still believe in me like I believe in you, I hope you'll stand with me in November. (Applause.) I'm asking you to stand with me in November.
And a small business might wonder, I don't know how the energy bill is going to affect me, I don't know how the health care reform bill is going to affect me -- I'd better hold off on hiring.
He encouraged me, put me through college, told me I could make it and convinced me that in spite of a tough upbringing, I could do what I dreamed of doing.
"I had people tell me I should have never had children, " she said.
The bonds forged then continue to this day and were about the only positive message I took with me as I left the town the day before Christmas.
"I just have to pay tribute to Alexander Dale Oen tonight, I know he has been with me this year, I think he helped me finish the race in such a strong manner, " van der Burgh said.
"They said they would detain me if I returned, or that they would make the environment unsafe for me wherever I am, " she said, adding that her colleagues still in the country had also been "detained or banned from travelling abroad".
Meanwhile, I can use the free GPS on my smart phone, which tends to find me a few blocks away from where I really am, but it gives me a route that takes me where I need to go.
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