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He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.

Wendelin Van Draanen

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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I operate under the assumption that people don't notice the good in me. That's just how things always seem to play out. I get blamed, while con-artist kids like Venus, and Camille, and Gemma get believed. But the rescue lady noticed. In the background, just observing, she noticed.
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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 had Flipped. -Bryce Loski
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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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...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.
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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 write early in the morning at the computer, and people think Im crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though we have a state-of-the-art PC. There are just less distractions with the simpler machine.
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Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you don't watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie.
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I miss school. What’s wrong with me?
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I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.
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I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.
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Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them.
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I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.
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You never forget your first love.
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Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn't stop someone's best and brightest blessing! Surely not!
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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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I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.
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It’s funny to hear priests and nuns argue with each other.
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Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand get to know them
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Turn down a chance to feel magic for fear of a little dirt?
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