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"Gender equality, historically has been predominantly a women's movement for women. But I think the impact of gender inequality and how it's affecting men hasn't really been addressed."
"There is no fire like passion No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger, And no joy like the joy of freedom."
"Work is love made visible."
"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example."
"Don't trust the person who has broken faith once."
"Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do."
"A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow."
"Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life."
"Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got."
"How long should you try? Until."
"It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death."
"Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity."
"I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child."
"Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end."
"The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood."
"Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas."
"The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space."
"Friendship is the bestiest thing that comes to life . Friends will always be there for you don't worry about the fakes worry about the people who had your back from the start and never treated you wrong always remember they are your real friends don't never take them as granted because one day your going to lose a good friend by the way your action's are when you see a good friend stick to that person ."
"A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved."
"Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me."
