I was unhappy for a long time, and very lonesome, living with my grandmother. Then it was that books began to happen to me, and I began to believe in nothing but books and the wonderful world in books — where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas. ― Langston Hughes

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Opportunities don’t happen. You create them. ― Chris Grosser

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Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.- Muhammad Ali

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Now is the time to make good use of time. Today is the day to begin a perfect day. ― Sri Chinmoy

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If you care about something enough, you'll find a way to make it happen. ― Roy T. Bennett

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Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ― Roy T. Bennett,

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You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.- Michael Jordan

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I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.- Michael Jordan

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If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything. ― Marilyn Monroe

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I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it is the duty of every patriot and citizen of our country to make sure that this party is destroyed. -Alexei Navalny

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