When one individual comes into intimate contact with another, she—or he, of course, as the case may be—must almost inevitably receive or inflict suffering.

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It’s at the heart of everything we struggle with in life: longing to be valuable, to be accepted, to be prized, to be worth something to somebody, to have a life that matters, and God’s saying ‘You matter! I didn’t make anyone else like you. You’re not a reprint or a lithograph. You’re a one-of-a-kind, original creation of God.

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No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.

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Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage. - Tom Brokaw

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Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs. ― Mike Rowe

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And poems are all that matter. The utmost of ambition is to lodge a few poems where they will be hard to get rid of. ― Robert Frost

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All things are difficult before they are easy. — Thomas Fuller

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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. — Abraham Lincoln

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It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love. -LaToya Jackson

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It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems.

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