…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.
BRAD MELTZERBut 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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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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Today, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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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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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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Overwatch doesn’t just bring together the legal and espionage genres. It merges family problems with professional ones, swirls in a major helping of murder and mayhem, and with a deft touch, reminds us why politics is-always-perso nal.
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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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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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The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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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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In this life, y’ever notice that you face the same challenges again and again? We all do. They’re challenges to your soul. We repeat them until we face them and master them. Yes we all have free will, but there’re divine patterns out there, and the battle is to see them.
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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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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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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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