Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

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If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done. — Thomas Jefferson

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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. ― Carl Sagan

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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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If you believe something needs to exist, if it's something you want to use yourself, don't let anyone ever stop you from doing it. — Tobias Lütke

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I started cooking professionally because I had hit a point in my life where I was just sort of lost and cooking was something I had always loved and so I grabbed onto it. - Amanda Cohen

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Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people. - Cornel West

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All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.

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But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.

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Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

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