I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance ― E.E. Cummings

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I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that. ― John Green

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The chance to love and be loved exists no matter where you are — Oprah.

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You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.

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Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud. — Nelson Mandela

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Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human. -- Tony Robbins

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Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

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You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream. -- Michael Dell

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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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If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter. -- Mark Twain

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