I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

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Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs. — Nelson Mandela

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Bare your struggles very close to your heart and have them be a part of you that you’re proud of instead of something that you’re ashamed of.

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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

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It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. ― Lucy Maud Montgomery

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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. — Nelson Mandela

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There is something extraordinary about people who have a disability to reach (into themselves) on a daily level that becomes supernatural.

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Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

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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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