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“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.”
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“I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably
become as ordinary as they expect you to be.”
― If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
become as ordinary as they expect you to be.”
― If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
“When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.”
― If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
― If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
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