Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

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You train hard and I'll train hard, and may the best man win, and good luck to both of us. — Manny Pacquiao

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I think you can have it all, you just have to work really hard because great things don't come easily.

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An apple a day keeps anyone away, if you throw it hard enough.

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I almost always urge people to write in the first person. … Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it. - William Zinsser

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It’s hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair. — Taylor Swift

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Talent without working hard is nothing. -Cristiano Ronaldo

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Work hard in silence, and let your success be your noise ― Frank Ocean

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There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world. ― Hillary DePiano

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All important things are hard.

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