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Richard Ford Novelist
Who We Are

"Our ex-wifes always harbour secrets about us that make them irresistable. Until, of course, we remember who we are and what we did and why we are not married anymore."

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Tony Robbins Author, Life Coach
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"Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life."

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Zadie Smith Novelist, Essayist
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"We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are. Which leads me to my second point: writers do not write what they want, they write what they can."

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Pema Chodron Buddhist Teacher, Author
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"The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate."

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