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The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.

Brad Meltzer

Greatness isn’t something you should always be chasing. There’s greatness within all of us, and I think that’s what we forget.
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Forget Greatness Thinking
The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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Lying Ourselves Worst
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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Desks Sitting Writing
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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Believe Daughter Fighting
Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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Every Fork Life Road Sometimes
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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Moments Parent Perfect Worst
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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Book Daughter Mother
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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Evil Monsters Thinking
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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Battle Challenges Soul
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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Alraedy Book Fate Scar Written
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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Betrayal Knowing Pain
…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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Father People Waiting
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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Eras Eye President
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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Cost Decision Make
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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Grade Memories Something Today
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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Believe Fighting Injustice

The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.

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