Life is filled with trapdoors.
BRAD MELTZERThere’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.
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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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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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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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Don’t go to eighth grade…don’t talk about something old…don’t bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.
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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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…as your father, my instinct is to protect you … Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.
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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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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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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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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
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My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.
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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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