The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
BRAD MELTZERAs 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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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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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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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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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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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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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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Today, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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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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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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Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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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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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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