The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. - Terry Pratchett

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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. ― John F. Kennedy

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What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

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Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. — Rumi

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One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

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If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. - Nhat Hanh

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Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day. — Alice Morse Earle

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Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.

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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Sometimes we need the salt of tears to remind us how to savor the sweetness of life.

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