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When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.


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DAVE BRAT Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.
DAVE BARRY Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who re...
DAVE BARRY At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basi...
DAVE REICHERT It's tough to go to sleep at night, and I wake up after five hours because I feel like I'm w...
DAVE GROHL I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake do...
DAVE GROHL There's poetry in being the band that can sell out Wembley but also makes a record in a garage. ...
DAVE GROHL My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survive...
DAVE GROHL Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down.
DAVE GROHL Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument - learning to do your craft - that'...
DAVE GROHL My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.
DAVE GROHL I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.
DAVE GROHL In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can d...
DAVE GROHL I've experienced great things, I've experienced great tragedies. I've done almost everyt...
DAVE GROHL Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you've got.
DAVE GROHL I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.
DAVE GROHL