Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
BRAD MELTZERThere’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.
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Nico was wrong. The Book of Fate isn’t already written. It’s written every day. Some scars never heal. Then again, some do.
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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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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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She wasn’t tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.
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I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight lifting, then back to biking. The moment it feels like a rut, I switch and search for a new love. It’s like having a midlife crisis, but without the new wife or cheesy BMW.
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You tell them – you tell them there’s a cost…..Every decision we make in life, there’s always a cost.
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The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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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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History doesn’t choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?
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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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Today, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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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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I understand pain. I’ve lived with pain my entire life. But pain is nothing compared to betrayal. And betrayal is nothing compared to knowing that the javelin in your back was rammed there by the one person in your life you actually trusted.
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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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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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