Whether we're prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.

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Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.

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Life is the night sky all the dots of stars are happiness ― Richard L. Ratliff

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There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

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It's a waste of time to think about what I should have done and what I didn't. I really believe in that. That's how I react to the if-onlys of life. To moan and groan about something I shouldn't have done, could have done, might have done...who knows? It is what it is. You got what you got. I live my life one day at a time. — Liza Minnelli

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We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ― Joseph Campbell

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Life is a gift from God, an unlimited series of opportunities to find the good in ourselves and others. There is good in everything, if we are willing to see it.

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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and more, because their stories haven’t yet been completely told. ― Dean Koontz

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