There is nothing in all nature without its reason," he wrote. "If you know the reason, you do not need the experience. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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One day, I know the struggle will change. There's got to be a change - not only for Mississippi, not only for the people in the United States, but people all over the world.- Fannie Lou Hamer

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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. — Vernon Sanders Law

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You don’t actually have to write anything until you’ve thought it out. This is an enormous relief, and you can sit there searching for the point at which the story becomes a toboggan and starts to slide. - Marie de Nervaud

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Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow. _ Robert Tew

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Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. — Aldous Huxley

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What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie. ― Tana French

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Bare your struggles very close to your heart and have them be a part of you that you’re proud of instead of something that you’re ashamed of.

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Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement. — Eddie Rickenbacker

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