Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself -- Rumi

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I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity. – Sandra Cisneros

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The world hates a Jew who hits back. The world loves us only when we are to be pitied.

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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass. — Maya Angelou

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Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise you may miss meeting an intelligent person in this world." ―Swami Vivekananda

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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

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I think of reading as like a medicine cabinet. – Sandra Cisneros

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I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine. -Bruce Lee

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I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin. – Sandra Cisneros

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