All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

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May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot ― it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive. ― Maya Angelou

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The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. ― Helen Keller

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Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted. — David Bly

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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

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Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. — Tony Robbins

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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. — James M. Barrie

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