I hate birthdays, .. It's more like a new starting point in New York. For me, it's an evolution. I don't celebrate the past. I like the present and tomorrow.

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Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.

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Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ― George Bernard Shaw

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The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind. ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.

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Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies.

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People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.

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Every act of kindness is a piece of love we leave behind. – Paul Williams

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Link says if a girl says not to get her a birthday present that means get me a birthday present and make sure it’s jewelry. ― Kami Garcia

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