Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. -Calvin Coolidge

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Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Sometimes, when you least expect it, you'll realize that someone loved you. And that means that someone can love you again! And that will make you smile. —Homer Simpson

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Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot nothing is going to get better it's not ― Dr. Seuss

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I have learnt this over time, that Peter Jones, you've gotta watch him. - Sara Davies

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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. – Joseph Campbell

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ― Calvin Coolidge

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I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. ― J.R.R. Tolkien

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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

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We have experienced so many changes in such a short time that we’ve lost our common bonds. ― Jessica Marie Baumgartner

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