Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
BRAD MELTZERThere is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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As I now often tell my daughter Lila, no matter what stage of life you’re in, when you want something – no matter how impossible it seems – you need to fight for it. When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you’ve ever fought before.
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Women are not weaker. Read that again. Women are not weaker. They are just as strong, just as resolute, just as creative, and are filled with just as much potential as any man.
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So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that’s nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.
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Here’s what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends.
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But to me, the most important page in my daughter’s book is the last one – because it’s blank. It says, “Your Hero’s Photo Here,” and, “Your Hero’s Story Here.”
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As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life – no matter how impossible it seems – you need to fight for it.
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Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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A little threat of evil is always the far better way to fill the seats. But sometimes the monsters aren’t who we think they are.
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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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Greatness isn’t something you should always be chasing. There’s greatness within all of us, and I think that’s what we forget.
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Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact.
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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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We make a great bad guy, and they all say they hate us. But at the end of every day, people want to trust us. Because we’re their government. And people trust their government.
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