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Attorneys in the United States

Elizabeth Edwards was an American attorney and political activist, recognized for her advocacy in health care reform and women's rights. She was the wife of former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards and used her platform to advocate for various social issues.

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“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you've lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that's good.”

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“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.”

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“You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.”

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“Part of resilience is deciding to make yourself miserable over something that matters, or deciding to make yourself miserable over something that doesn't matter.”

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“There is nothing about resilience that I can say that my father did not first utter silently in eighteen years of living inside a two-dimensional cutout of himself.”

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Book:Resilience: The New Afterword

Source: Resilience: The New Afterword

About the Author

Born: July 3, 1949
Died: December 7, 2010
Known for: Attorneys in the United States
Quotes: 110

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Resilience: The New AfterwordRelated source material

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