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Every man at some point in his life is going to lose a battle. He is going to fight and he is going to lose. But what makes him a man is at the midst of that battle he does not lose himself. This game is not over, this battle is not over.
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
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    • #struggle
    • #failure and success
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I’m not perfect, … But i’m enough.
Harold S. Kushner
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I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.
S.E. Hinton
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I’ve always liked the time before dawn because there’s no one around to remind me who I’m supposed to be so it’s easier to remember who I am.
Brian Andreas, Trusting Soul : Collected Stories & Drawings
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    • #morning
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    • #authenticity
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I am not a has-been. I am a will be.
Lauren Bacall
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    • #potential
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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Thomas Merton
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Remember, when you’re with me, it’s the only time you’re not the strangest person in the room. So go ahead, get weird with me.
Calista Flockheart, Ally McBeal
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    • #crazy
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Ask yourself: ‘Can I give more?’. The answer is usually: ‘Yes’.
Paul Tergat
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‘I don’t feel very much like Pooh today,’ said Pooh.
‘There there,’ said Piglet. ‘I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.’
A.A. Milne, Winnie-The-Pooh
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    • #comfort
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That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.
Garth Stein, The Art of Racing in the Rain
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Until you lose your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.
Margaret Mitchell
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There’s such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I’m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn’t be half so interesting.
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
Ray Kroc
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln
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Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.
Joss Whedon
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    • #humor
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