As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life – no matter how impossible it seems – you need to fight for it.
BRAD MELTZERGreatness 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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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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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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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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Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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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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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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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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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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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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Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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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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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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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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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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