I wasn’t thinking about our deal either when I got selected for the Worlds team. Being chosen to compete had been a jaw-dropping moment for me. But now I was riding a wave of excitement and fear. I’d be one of five girls carrying the banner for my country. Could I handle the pressure? I knew this was my test. I’d have to find a way to manage everyone’s expectations in order to keep them from making me feel overwhelmed. I needed to learn how to carry those expectations lightly—like a turtle carries its shell. ― Simone Biles

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The world sucks, people are not true

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I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that. ― Robin Williams

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It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. — J. K. Rowling

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Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. - David Hare

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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. — Mahatma Gandhi

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. _ Marcus Aurelius

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It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.

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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. — Henry Ford

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People have separated from each other with walls of concrete that blocked the roads to connection and love. and Nature has been defeated in the name of development.

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