You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. — A.A Milne

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Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.

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I used to have a sign pinned up on my wall that read: Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us...It was all about letting go of everything. ― Pema Chodron

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How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. – Anne Frank

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The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. ― Dr. Seuss

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We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us. ― Rabindranath Tagore

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Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, at some point, you will. — Venus Williams

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Rule no.1 is: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule no. 2 is: It’s all small stuff. — Robert Eliot

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Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good. — Minor Myers Jur

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You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.

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