Basically, the first half of life is writing the text, and the second half is writing the commentary on that text. -- Richard Rohr

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We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own and other's people's models, learn to be ourselves and allow our natural channel to open.

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In the years to come, what matters most is that we see ourselves in one another's struggles. p 120 ― Kamala Harris

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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance ― E.E. Cummings

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Like my father, I am very impatient. I have a strong bullshit detector. I may finish one book in twenty that I have started.

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The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.

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I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there. ― David Mitchell

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Before you can make a dream come true, you must first have one. -- Ronald McNair

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From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

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I'm going to be gone one day, and I have to accept that tomorrow isn't promised. Am I OK with how I’m living today? It's the only thing I can help. If I didn't have another one, what have I done with all my todays? Am I doing a good job?

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