To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others. ― Criss Jami

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There is no better compass than compassion. ― Amanda Gorman

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Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ― Samuel Beckett

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Only when we're drowning do we understand how fierce our feet can kick. ― Amanda Gorman

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You are a beautiful soul wrapped up in a human body. It’s your job to unwrap, and find your soul again. ― Steven Aitchison

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Never again would birds’ song be the same ― Robert Frost

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In spite of everything, I shall rise again

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We were told to never use I when writing, because eliminating this voice makes arguments legitimate. But we realize there is nothing that convinces like the self does - our life, our body & its beating, proving it's own jagged point. Tell me what is more powerful than the unerased. ― Amanda Gorman,

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our people diverse and beautiful will emerge, battered and beautiful When day comes we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid. ― Amanda Gorman

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If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. -- Walt Whitman

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