What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
MAYA ANGELOUYou may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
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Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
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I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
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The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
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Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
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Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
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