It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.

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No matter how far away from yourself you may have strayed, there is always a path back. You already know who you are and how to fulfill your destiny. — Oprah Winfrey

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There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.

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Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something.

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If you don't stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.- Jordan Peterson

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As an athlete, you'd better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud. -Dwayne Johnson

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Stop comparing yourself to other people, just choose to be happy and live your own life. ― Roy T. Bennett

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You can't make yourself feel positive, but you can choose how to act, and if you choose right, it builds your confidence. ― Julien Smith

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Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

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All I feel are the assaults of apprehension and terror at the thought that I am the only one who is entirely unlike the rest. It is almost impossible for me to converse with other people. What should I talk about, how should I say it? - I don't know. ― Osamu Dazai

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