Ann Patchett

It was not that I wanted to be a writer, it was that I wanted to write…
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Control

You are in control of your life
You are in control of your work.

Life is not in control of you
Work is not in control of you

Stop the false impression that work is controlling you.

All your freedoms are available you.
If you are only willing to exercise your rights.

Exercise your right - that you are free

Free

You come free and empty
And go free and wilted
And go free and unexpected





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Raised

The way we were raised, is an impediment to being successful


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safe

people need to feel safe 

math

"I got pulled back to the origin," he said. Creating AoPS was a return to his math-competition roots.

math

"We should write a book," Lehoczky declared; it could help democratize advanced math. The two went on to self-publish a two-volume textbook titled "The Art of Problem Solving." The book taught "not facts, but approaches," they wrote. "If you find yourself memorizing formulas, you are missing the point."

- on Richard Rusczyk

Claire

"There are so many adventures in my painting, so many unknowns, my own dramas, my ups and downs. When I paint, I give everything, I don't have any safety net."

Claire Tabouret

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Notes for Loki

The only thing I am going to leave behind is who I was through: my love for drawing, my love for the written word, my love for nature, my love for music.

Figure it out Loki, leave behind something lasting by uncovering who you are…




Loki Muthu
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Leverage

Leverage your privilege

Loki Muthu
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