If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.

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Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

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It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. — Confucius

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You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. - Maya Angelou

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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. — Seneca

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Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina. - Christopher Lee

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. — Calvin Coolidge

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The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight. — Epictetus

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I always knew, on some level, that I wouldn't live long. It's simply not written in my stars. ― Marie Lu

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No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity

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