No one's going to tell me how to make my own choices. For too many years, everybody told me what to say and what to do and how to be. - Rita Moreno

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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking – William B. Sprague

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You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move. ― George R.R. Martin

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I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger. — Serena Williams

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Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. — Booker T. Washington

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Whoever is happy will make others happy. — Anne Frank

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Don’t count the days, make the days count. — Muhammad Ali

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The best the world has to offer comes from the best you have to give to others. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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I dreamed about these moments, and I think I hoped I would have them, but you don't know. So when the lucky break hits, it's like being Cinderella and hopefully midnight doesn't come.

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the difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't ― Henry Ward Beecher

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