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Gabourey Sidibe’s Memoir is a Candid Lesson in Self-Confidence

Gabourey Sidibe was told by three different psychics on three different occasions that she would someday become famous. They didn’t know how, when, or why, only that she would someday be a household name, even famous enough to meet Oprah. There was something in her eyes, they said, something about the confidence with which she carried herself, that would someday make her a superstar. As…

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Meera Lee Patel on Fear, Focus, and Finding Inspiration,

Meera Lee Patel is a self-taught artist and author of the bestseller, Start Where You Are. Her creativity is inspired by the magical mysteries of nature, the quiet stories that lace through everyday life, and the bold colors of her native India. — I grew up writing – creating my own stories, poems, and chapter books. I had a dream of being a fiction writer…

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