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“its the acts that make us extraordinary not the Oprah moments.”
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“The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.”
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“I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.”
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“Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if you’re surrounded by people who say ‘I want mine now,’ you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“You have the greatest soul, the noblest nature, the sweetest, most loving heart I have ever known, and my love, my reverence, my admiration for you, you have increased in one evening as I should have thought only a lifetime of intimate, loving association could have increased them. You are more wonderful and lovely in my eyes than you ever were before; and my pride and joy and gratitude that you should love me with such a perfect love are beyond all expression, except in some great poem which I cannot write.”
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Ask Sarah Dessen - Tuesday, June 25th!
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Join us on Tuesday, June 25th for a special discussion with author Sarah Dessen! Sarah will be discussing her work including her newest book The Mo ...more
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