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I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with. ↗

— Maya Lin

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In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures. ↗

— Maya Lin

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It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like. ↗

— Maya Lin

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Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think. ↗

— Maya Lin

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You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art. ↗

— Maya Lin

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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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