Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
BRAD MELTZERFrom ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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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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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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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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There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you’re miserable and working out.
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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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Today, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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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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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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The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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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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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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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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