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“Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were.”
― Educated
― Educated
“Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you need to do is show up and pretend to be happy for them."
"That's one of the few things I won't have to pretend, Plutarch," I tell him.”
― Mockingjay
"That's one of the few things I won't have to pretend, Plutarch," I tell him.”
― Mockingjay
“I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
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“Passion” has its roots in the Latin word pati, which means “to suffer or endure.” Therefore, at the root of passion is suffering. This is a far cry from the way we casually toss around the word in our day-to-day conversations. Instead of asking “What would bring me enjoyment?” which is how many people think about following their passion, we should instead ask “What work am I willing to suffer for today?” Great work requires suffering for something beyond yourself. It’s created when you bend your life around a mission and spend yourself on something you deem worthy of your best effort. What is your worthwhile cause?”
― Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
― Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
“I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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