Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

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People have to go through things in order to become the person that they are today and that’s that. — Sarah Hyland

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I'm generally a happy person -with the help of antidepressants, that is- so there is something to be said for surrounding myself with happy people. ― Rachel Machacek

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I was lucky to spend so long on 'Blue Peter' and 'Newsround' and if you are a bit giddy, like I am, a bit daft, like I am, and you are the kind of person who makes lots of public mistakes, like I do, then it's sometimes hard for people to take me seriously. - Helen Skelton

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I'm a pretty open person, and very little can embarrass me. - Megan Thee Stallion

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Don't ever let someone tell you the value you don't have, in order to be in someone's life. That is often the value they feel you have, not that person. ― Shannon L. Alder

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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world. ― Dr. Seuss

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When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure. ― Viktor E. Frankl

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A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.— Mignon McLaughlin

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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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