A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.

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The reason I don't want anyone to control me is not because I want to be in control. I don't want anyone to control me because I don't want anyone to control anyone.

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When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.

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Be the kind of person you want to be with... If you don't like the people in your life, you are the one who has to change, not them.

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Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler

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The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. -Dolly Parton

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Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis

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The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you. — Stephanie Perkins

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Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

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Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

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