Perhaps some detours aren’t detours at all. Perhaps they are actually the path. — Katherine Wolf

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I love hearing educated people speak and just shut everyone up. Knowledge is always the loudest voice. — Zendaya

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Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. — Drew Barrymore

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. — Helen Keller

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I had to remind myself of the truth of who I was and the reality that success wasn’t defined by a result but by faithfulness. I had to remember that my identity and healing weren’t dependent on the voices that surrounded me and that the truth wasn’t dependent on popular opinion or cultural responses. I had to focus on what was real and true. The straight line instead of the crooked. — Rachael Denhollander

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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin. — bell hooks

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I've always wanted to fight for people who didn't have arms. I've always wanted to speak up for people who don't have a voice. I've always wanted to protect people who couldn't protect themselves. It's my nature. It's my instinct. — Sophia Bush

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I don't want to be better than you or her or him - I want to be better than I am right now. — Kerri Walsh

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People have to go through things in order to become the person that they are today and that’s that. — Sarah Hyland

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I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me. — Tracee Ellis Ross

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