The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a curse. A person who knows who they are lives a simple life by eliminating from their orbit anything that does not align with his or her overriding purpose and values. A person must be selective with their time and energy because both elements of life are limited. ― Kilroy J. Oldster

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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world. ― Bill Wilson

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Don't ever let someone tell you the value you don't have, in order to be in someone's life. That is often the value they feel you have, not that person. ― Shannon L. Alder

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She couldn't help thinking that something was wrong with a person had more shoes than books in their home. ― Victoria Connelly, Wish You Were Here

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When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. ― Steven Wright

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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. ― Steven Wright

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You attract who you are being. When you work at being the type of person that you want to attract, you attract those kinds of people into your life. ― Roy T. Bennett

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There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world. ― Hillary DePiano

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