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		I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Martha Washington 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Maiara Walsh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Dern 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daisaku Ikeda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carly Fiorina 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A company logo may be the last thing cost-conscious CEOs focus on when they're looking to jump-start growth. Which is perhaps why it took more than two decades for White Mountain Footwear, a privately held shoe manufacturer based in Lisbon, N.H., to finally give its own emblem some serious thought. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tahl Raz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Mossberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Researchers may like to think that, given all the facts, we make rational choices. Ask economists how that assumption works out for them. No, we are emotional creatures who use value-based reasoning in conjunction with our rationality. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kyle Hill 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walter Legge 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The LGBT movement has been coopted by the very institutions it once sought to transform. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Urvashi Vaid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I normally work out six days a week. I'll do Pilates on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and I'll do cardio on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Nichols 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you would introduce a black character is to introduce this kind of abnormality. Usually, it's because you're telling a story about racism or at least about race. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Octavia E. Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Martha Washington