Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.

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There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. ― Booker T. Washington

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The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

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The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

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This isn't about strength," I told him. "It's about who you're choosing to make happy. ― Alexis Hall

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I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.

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When you’re going through something hard and you start wondering where Allah is, just remember, the Teacher is always quiet during a test.

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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.

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I still think I am the greatest. -- Kanye West

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When there is no struggle, there is no strength.— Oprah

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