Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. — Mark Twain

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We remember though all the firelit glow Of a great hearth's gleam and glare, And we looked for a space at each happy face And the love that was written there. ― Caris Brooke

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Encouraging someone to be entirely themself is the loudest way to love them. ― Kalen Dion

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To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.

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Great! He has indigestion, so let's torture him with cake. ― Kristin Cashore

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There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble.

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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection. — Elizabeth Gilbert

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Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will. — Cheryl Strayed

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In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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I have great respect for the Pope. I like the Pope. I actually like him.- Donald Trump

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