Quote by Anna Quindlen
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. – Anna Quindlen

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Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and dont discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, its stupid. Banning books shows you dont trust your kids to think and you dont trust yourself to be able to talk to them. – Anna Quindlen

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Trust
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Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them? – Anna Quindlen

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Fear
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The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But youd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools. – Anna Quindlen

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Confusion now hath made his masterpiece. – William Shakespeare

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[I]t does not always agree with every one, and I say therefore: try it first and see whether it answers. – Sebastian Kneipp, Thus Shalt Thou Live: Hints and Advice for the Healthy and the

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The road to self-belief is potholed. – Nyasha Madavo

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Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. – Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun

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