No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
BRAD MELTZEROverwatch 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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Today, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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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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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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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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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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There’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.
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The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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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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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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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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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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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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