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.
BRAD MELTZERA 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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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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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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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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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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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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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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