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Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World

by Bill Nye

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Dec 28, 2015 08:58PM

“There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it,’ said my mother. 'Put yourself in the way of beauty.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

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“People take their cue from you.” That’s it. If you act like you belong in the room, people will believe you do. If you act like your opinion matters, others will, too. Simple, true, empowering, and life-changing advice. It is applicable for all women in every endeavor we undertake.”
― Jennifer Palmieri, Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

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“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

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“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”
― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

tags: courage, vulnerability

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“because even when I stare at a door
with the knowledge that it should remain closed.
with the knowledge that it most likely closed for a
reason.
even then, i am trying to work out the best way to
pick the lock
everything ends. everything ends. everything ends.

but my heart still whispers, does it have to?”
― Alison Malee, The Day Is Ready for You

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