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Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.

Brad Meltzer

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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Daughter Fighting Impossible Mother
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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Creative Men Strong
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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Eras Eye President
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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Book Daughter Mother
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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Government Hate People
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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Biking Moving Something Switch Two Yoga
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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Forget Greatness Thinking
Life is filled with trapdoors.
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Filled Life Trapdoors
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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Desks Sitting Writing
Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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Father Leave Our
Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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Book Changing World
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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Harm Pain World
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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Believe Daughter Fighting
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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Betrayal Knowing Pain
I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
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Lessons My Son
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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Moments Parent Perfect Worst

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