Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly if there wasn't someone, somewhere, laughing? ― Jonathan Safran Foer

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A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. ― Elbert Hubbard

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Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. — Farrah Gray

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A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. -- Jim Morrison

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.- Maya Angelou

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I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

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If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser. ― Donald Trump

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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. -Maya Angelou

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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. -Maya Angelou

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