It’s possible to climb to the top without stomping on other people. -- Taylor Swift

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Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun. -Taylor Swift

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You can walk away and say "We don't need this." but something in your eyes says "We can beat this.

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We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out. - John Lewis

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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. - Heraclitus

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When we played, we were all the same. We were all one. ― Yamile Saied Méndez

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I worked with several writers at the University of Michigan: Nicholas Delbanco, Peter Ho Davies, Eileen Pollack, Laura Kasischke, and Thomas Lynch, who told me the same thing over and over again: Persist. Read, write, and improve: tell your stories. - Jesmyn Ward

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One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. — Simone De Beauvoir

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Just be yourself, there is no one better.

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The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least. ― Booker T. Washington

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