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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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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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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Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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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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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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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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The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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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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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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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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Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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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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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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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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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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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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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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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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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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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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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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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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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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