Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.

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Life has a much bigger plan for you. Happiness is part of that plan. Health is part of that plan. Stability is part of that plan. Constant struggle is not.

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Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price. ― Orson Scott Card

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The events inspired characters that truly existed, as well as fictitious people I had to invent. Sometimes the harsh reality was too much, too absurd. This was the case with the story of the cat who roamed from one trench to another and in the film ended up being imprisoned. In reality, the tom cat was accused of spying and was arrested by the French army, and then shot according to regulations.

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My grandma used to make syrup for us because we couldn't afford it and I just played around with her recipe. I made strawberry syrup and that didn't really work out but I made strawberry-vanilla and that sold. Then I just went out and took marketing classes, went to seminars, learned about marketing a product and striking deals. It ended up taking orders of $1.5 million.

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A man's character is his fate. - Heraclitus

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How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! ― Jane Austen

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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

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We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

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Yeah, I was a delinquent. It was when I was in the ninth grade. I was doing stupid stuff, and the cops came into the class. I was humiliated more than anything.- Dwayne Johnson

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