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2014 American Music Awards

mrsbriannamama: Smith-Schuster, Party of 2 🤍 (x)

Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour Live In Louisville  (x)

“You are absolutely wonderful the way that you are. And the moment that we can stop listening to these messages that we’re receiving every day telling us how we should look, what’s beautiful, what’s sexy, what is cool. You know what I think is better than anyone else’s definition of what “cool” is? I think being happy is better than being cool. And the moment that you can just wash all of that stuff off of you… all those unwanted, uninvited opinions about yourself, and your life, and the way that you are.. the moment you can look in the mirror and see only your own definition of your life, I think that’s the moment that you’re finally clean.”

Taylor Swift - Live on Letterman

Getting coffee at Starbucks in West Hollywood, California (February 1, 2012)

Leaving her apartment in New York City (December 19, 2014)

“I’ve had moments of thinking, This is who I love and I don’t care what anyone says. Those moments are beautiful and wild and exciting, but I’ve learned that those moments can end up hurting you in the end.”