As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself.

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I do forgive people when they get it right, even people who in the past I thought were unforgivable.

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When people listen to people like me, those of us who have a platform, we have to say things that speak truth. We have to empower, inspire, build, and launch the next generation of world solutions that will positively contribute to our economic, political and social fabric and - hopefully - improve the entire nation and the world.

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You have within you,right now,everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.

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Christmas, to me, is as many people as possible happy. – Tupac Shakur

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As for the goddess’s answer, I did not care. I would have no need of her. I did not plan to live after he was gone. ― Madeline Miller

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At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes.

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I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.

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People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.

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There is no better compass than compassion. — Amanda Gorman

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