In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

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"A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place."

- Amy Tan

Love

"We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming—well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate."

- Amy Tan

Hope

"Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever."

- Amy Tan

Hope

"We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming — well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate."

- Amy Tan

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"When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still exist and I know they are mine, and it’s all part of making sense of who I am."

- Amy Tan

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"Hustle hard baby girl."

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"Stop snoozing your alarm."

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"Results on. Excuses off."

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"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

- Arthur Ashe

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"Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you."

- Stephen Covey

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