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

Brad Meltzer

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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Adoption Father Tracking
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
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
No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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Love Matter Parenting Parents
The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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Lying Ourselves Worst
Life is filled with trapdoors.
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Filled Life Trapdoors
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
The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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Challenges Hurt Past
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
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
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
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
Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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Beauty Happens Stories
Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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Cards Sometimes Winning
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
From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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Ancient Animal Fighting

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