People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.

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"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

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"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child."

- George Bernard Shaw

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"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will."

- George Bernard Shaw

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"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."

- George Bernard Shaw

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"Liberty is the breath of life to nations."

- George Bernard Shaw

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"One of the most challenging aspects of fitness is overcoming obstacles."

- Unknown

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"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity."

- Albert Einstein

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"Not knowing you can’t do something, is sometimes all it takes to do it."

- Ally Carter

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"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, or work around it."

- Michael Jordan

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"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, or work around it."

- Michael Jordan

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