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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or you'll wind up with nothing.
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If the mind's not strong, the body acts weak, even if it's not. If the mind says it's too cold or too rainy or too windy to run, the body will be more than happy to agree. If the mind says it would be better to rest or recover or cut practice, the body will be glad to oblige.
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You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.
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As much as thinking this upsets me, I'm starting to see that I need the merry-go-round much more than it needs me, and in the end my choice is to hop back on or get left in the dust.
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To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind, she said,it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.
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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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I just need some time to get over all those years of having liked him
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There's no winning arguments with your parents
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There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.
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Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss.... He turned to me. But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.
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I miss school. What’s wrong with me?
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Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair - look at what's really there.
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It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!
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A painting is more than the sum of its parts,' he would tell me, and then go on to explain how the cow by itself is just a cow, and the meadow by itself is just grass and flowers, and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but put them all together and you've got magic.
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I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.
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You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably die before you’d think to rip pages out of one to start a fire. Am I right? Well, get over it already. Better to be warm then well-read.
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It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.
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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
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What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.
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Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem?
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