The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. ― Ben Okri

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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. ― Frank Herbert

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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.

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The end is in the beginning and yet you go on.

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One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls. ― Khaled Hosseini

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Why fit in when you were born to stand out? — Dr. Seuss

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A star earns the right to shine the day it is born. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

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If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!

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