People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.

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When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.

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Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong. — Mandy Hale

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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

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When I got my overall deal at Fox, I got amazing bosses in John Landgraf and Dana Walden and Peter Rice. For the first time ever, they said, 'Don't change who you are; be who you are. And write something you want to watch.' That thing was 'Glee,' and it took off from there. - Ryan Murphy

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Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

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Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

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You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ― Mahatma Gandhi

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Be the change that you wish to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi

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If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it. — Mary Engelbreit

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