“Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better. ”
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“When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit...and keep moving forward.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
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