No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.
BRAD MELTZERThe past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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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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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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The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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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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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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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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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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…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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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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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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Every life has forks in the road. And sometimes, the tines of that fork stab deep.
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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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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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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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I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
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