The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
BRAD MELTZERNot 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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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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No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
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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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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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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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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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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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Haven’t you ever played Uno?… Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win.
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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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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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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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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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