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Rise to the occassion which is life!
Virginia Euwer Wolff on Life

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Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.
Steve Maraboli 114 quotations

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J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling was born on July 31, 1965 in Yate, England. * She studied French and Classics at the University of Exeter. * After…

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Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1947. * He was a rebellious teenager who was once institutionalized for his…

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Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan is an American author of children's and young adult literature. * He is best known for his Percy Jackson and the…

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Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 31, 1965. * He is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film…

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Mark Twain

Mark Twain was an American author, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. * He was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on…

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern…

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