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Henry David Thoreau
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau

George Mallory
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
― George Mallory

“It is easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking, than it is to think yourself into a new way of acting.”
― Millard Fuller

Anne Frank
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
― Anne Frank

Dave Eggers
“3. There are bears and there are small dogs. Be strong like bear! If they take out your teeth, sit on the dogs. Bears always forget they can just sit on the dogs. Sit on the dogs.”
― Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity

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