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“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” - Helen Keller

“The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” - William James

“Someone may have stolen your dream when it was young and fresh and you were innocent. Anger is natural. Grief is appropriate. Healing is mandatory. Restoration is possible.” - Jane Rubietta

”Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” - Booker T. Washington

“Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear.  The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.” - Eduard Christoff, Philippe Gerard Renaldi, Prince of Genovia in “The Princess Diaries” (2001).

“Life is not about the amount of breaths you take.  It’s the moments that take your breath away.” - Alex Hitchens in “Hitch” (2005).

“Love is what we were born with.  Fear is what we learned here.” - Unknown

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” - Michael Jordan

“If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, orwork around it.” - Michael Jordan

“In basketball — as in life — true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.” - Phil Jackson

“The American people have spoken but it’s going to take a little while to determine what they said.” - Bill Clinton

“When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two. And I didn’t like it. And I didn’t inhale.” - Bill Clinton

“Boys are like purses.  You’re always gonna have that one boy that you’re always comfortable with, and you know you’ll always kind of like.  That’s your purse that you wear everywhere.  Then you have that gorgeous bad that you want everyone to see you with but the gorgeous bag is usually an asshole or costs a lot of money.  Then you have those other purses that you really like but you really don’t want to be seen with.” - Lauren Conrad

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.  Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living the results of other people’s thinking.  Don’t let the noise of others drown out your own inner voice.  And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.  They somehow already know what your truly want to become.  Everything else is secondary.”  - Steve Jobs

“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Not herpes. That shit stays with you.” - Zach Galifianakis, “The Hangover”

“Alcohol does NOT make you fat. It makes you LEAN … against tables, chairs, walls, floors and ugly people.” - some drunk person

“I was at the park and all of a sudden wondered why frisbees got bigger as they got closer. Then it hit me. Damn it.” - a stoned college student

“I’ve always known myself as a tough cookie, but after months of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. he said, “No hablo ingles.” - inspired by Ron Artest’s speech on thanking his psychiatrist after they won the NBA 2010 Finals 

“It’s always awkward to run into your ex with a car.” - 1,000,000 disgruntled women

“Swagger is the thing that makes you stand out in a crowded room without being forced, fabricated or pretentious. It is also is that smile in the face of adversity knowing that obstacles only make the road more interesting.” -swagger360

“there is a big difference between style and fashion. Fashion is what you buy, style is self expression and how you live.”  - swagger360

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong, so you appreciate them when they’re right. You believe lies, so you eventually trust no one but yourself. And some times good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.  -Marilyn Monroe

“The world is a book and those who don’t travel read only a page.” - Anonymous

“The woman who follows the crowd usually will go no further than the crowd.  The woman who walks alone will is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” -Albert Einstein

“Travel is more than the seeing of sights, it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in ideas of living.” -Miriam Beard

“I love the idea of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before.” - Anonymous

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.“ - Mark Twain