That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth. ― Tim O'Brien

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Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too.

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To exist in this world, we must contend with humiliation, broken dreams, sadness, and loss. That’s just nature. Each specific life comes with its own personalized portion of pain. It’s coming for you. You can’t stop it. And you know it. ― David Goggins

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The vast majority of us are slaves to our minds. Most don’t even make the first effort when it comes to mastering their thought process because it’s a never-ending chore and impossible to get right every time. ― David Goggins

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What the American people want to do is fight a war without getting hurt. You can't do that any more than you can get into a barroom fight without getting hurt... Unless the American people are willing to send their sons out to fight an aggressor, there just isn't going to be any United States.- Chesty Puller

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Don't stop when you're tired, stop when you're done. — David Goggins

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If you don't fall, how are you going to know what getting up is like? -- Stephen Curry

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We are always getting ready to live but never living. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.―W. P. Kinsella

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The excuses we make are because we feel we are not good at it. ― David Goggins

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