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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.

Brad Meltzer

Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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Every Fork Life Road Sometimes
Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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Cards Sometimes Winning
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
Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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Beauty Happens Stories
…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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Father People Waiting
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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Cost Decision Make
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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Family Problems Helping Together
There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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Character Out Plot Work
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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Individual Long People
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
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
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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Grade Memories Something Today
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 Fighting Injustice
Life is filled with trapdoors.
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Filled Life Trapdoors
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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Evil Monsters Thinking
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

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