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“From my point of view, which is that of a storyteller, I see your life as something artful, waiting, just waiting and ready for you to make it art.”

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Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison is an American novelist known for her profound portrayal of the history and culture of African Americans. Her works often explore issues of race, gender, and identity, with her most famous novels being 'The Bluest Eye' and 'Sula'. more

“There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. And wouldn't you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more every day.”

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Author:Jodie Foster

“Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.”

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Book:A Short Guide to a Happy Life

Source: A Short Guide to a Happy Life

“Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.”

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Author:Madeleine Albright

“I encourage you to live with life. Be courageous, adventurous. Give us a tomorrow, more than we deserve.”

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Author:Maya Angelou

“Thankfully dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses. So whatever your dream is right now, if you don't achieve it, you haven't failed and you're not some loser-but just as importantly-if you do get your dream, you're not a winner.”

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Author:Stephen Colbert

“The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you're not.”

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Author:Ellen DeGeneres

“The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the new rules are...so make up your own rules.”

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Author:Neil Gaiman

“Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.”

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Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.”

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Author:Nicolas Chamfort

“Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic human being. Especially see the child in the man or woman. Even if they are destroying you, allow a moment to see how lost in their own delusion and suffering they are.”

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Book:The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way

Source: The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way

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