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If my last name were Om, I’d want my first name to be Fred. Fred Om isn’t worth fighting for, but an extra “e” is. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#fighting #freedom #funny #humor #value

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#destiny #path #change

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#change

People always ask me if I’m into sports, and I say, “Well, isn’t writing a sport? If you’re doing it right, and you have a deadline, you should be sweating.”
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— Jarod Kintz

#change

We are what we are, neither a good or as bad as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#interesting #change

My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math;in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#mathematics #sadness #writing #change

I type as fast as a ten-legged man who just had eight legs chopped off runs. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#change

We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#mating #nawat #change

Are you going to allow the world around you to change while you remain stagnant? Make this the time you throw away old habits that have hindered your happiness and success and finally allow your greatest self to flourish. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #inspirational #letting-go #motivational #self-empowerment

A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, can even enable a change in the destiny of all humankind. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#buddhism #destiny #humanism #inspirational #karma