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To lose confidence in one's body is to lose confidence in oneself.

To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
– Simone de Beauvoir

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  3. To forget oneself-to lose oneself in the music, in the moment- that kind of absorption seems to be at the heart of every creative endeavor. – Dani Shapiro
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