Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.- Maya Angelou

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You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.

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Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.

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You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.- Maya Angelou

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My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

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We try to create a situation where we're the casino. It's like how an actuary would set insurance rates. Predictability, predictability, predictability. What's the path to least risk? What's the greater chance of getting some return on this asset? -Billy Beane

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When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time. ― Maya Angelou

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If you’re not telling your story, somebody is telling it for you. – Michael Margolis

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The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think. -Maya Angelou

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Story—sacred and profane—is perhaps the main cohering force in human life. - Jonathan Gottschall

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