She wasn’t tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.
BRAD MELTZERSo 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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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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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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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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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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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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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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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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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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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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The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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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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The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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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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There’s nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us – or admitting we can’t do it all ourselves.
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