Sometimes when you're treated unfairly it makes you stronger and more determined. I admire that kind of strength. People who have it take a stand and put their blood and soul into what they believe.

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Pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. – Paulo Coelho

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I've forgotten many things, but I'll never forget a melody.

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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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When you have a special gift you don’t realize it because you think everyone else has the same gift.

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Success definitely brings on loneliness. People think you're lucky, that you have everything. They think you can go anywhere and do anything, but that's not the point. One hungers for the basic stuff.

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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word -- excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. - Pearl Buck

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Not the stars, not the farthest solar systems, not the millions of different species of animal life, but the child is the greatest of God's creations.

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I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. ― Helen Keller

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There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.

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