“Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you’re doing. If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.” — Aretha Franklin
(Words of wisdom from the “Queen of Soul”? This is the first time one of her quotes has made it to the Cryptoquote, since I’ve been doing these spoilers. Welcome to the Cryptoquote Club, Aretha! It’s always better to be confident, but isn’t stage fright kind of a lack of confidence? There are many performers who have to deal with stage fright. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Many of us had to “fake it till we made it” and gained confidence once we realized we could do it. some of us have less confidence in general and have to work at it. Once we’re “there” we can do it as well as anyone.
Yeah, Joy. Sometimes it’s just getting over that hump. — YUR
“Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you’re doing.If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.”Aretha Franklin The machinery of democracy should work for everyone, everywhere, [and] not just [for] certain people, in certain places, and on certain days. Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, November 2018.