The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
BRAD MELTZERAs 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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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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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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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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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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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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The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that’s nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.
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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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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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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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There’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.
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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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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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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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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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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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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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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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As 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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Today, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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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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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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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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