I do believe that life begins at the end of your comfort zone. That’s where you learn and feel the thrill of being alive. That learning moment. It’s the instant you realize that life is sometimes hard, but still so enjoyable…
- Change the Recipe
- Jose Andres
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“People suffer. They live, they have hope, they even have love, and they still suffer. Everyone does. Those who think they’ve not suffered are lying to themselves.”
-Tell Me Everything
-Elizabeth Strout
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“…Narcissus did not fall in love with himself, but with the image of himself. And so it is when we professionally self-objectify… We love the image of ourselves as successful, not ourselves in true life.”
-From Strength to Strength
-Arthur C. Brooks
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“…because she didn’t know if it was better to be correct or fun, and why did it feel like she always had to choose between the two”
-The Wedding People
-Alison Espach
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“Won’t that just sound like another one of your boondoggles?” Molly likes to write down words that I throw around or misuse, look them up, and then use them properly in a sentence directed at me.
-Life Will Be the Death of Me… and You Too
-Chelsea Handler
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“We don’t know yet the damage we perpetuate by cutting ourselves off from the past.”
-The Choice
-Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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“…I was reluctant to give light and space to the triumph, still spending more time thinking about how I’d failed rather than how I’d freed myself.”
-Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
-Lori Gottlieb
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“Then he changed - the way desperate people sometimes change; the way hurt people can change. They don’t change from who they are, but reveal what is deep inside.”
- The Beauty in Breaking
- Michele Harper
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Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

“When a man has decided to love manhood more than justice, there are predictable consequences in all his relationships with women…”
-All About Love
-Bell Hooks
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Look at this inconveniently located olive branch I’ve extended; don’t feel bad if you can’t reach it.
-The Most Fun We Ever Had
-Claire Lombardo

It takes curiosity to learn. It takes courage to unlearn.

Learning requires the humility to admit what you don't know today. Unlearning requires the integrity to admit that you were wrong yesterday.

Learning is how you evolve. Unlearning is how you keep up as the world evolves.

I've assembled a team of the most horrible perverts and criminals you've ever seen and we're going to fix this country

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I got to go home this week and be surrounded by those who’ve know me for ages. I didn’t have to convince them of my worthinesses, my goodness, my love. They knew this about me already… always have.