"Hoping for the best, prepared for the..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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“If you want to liberate someone, love them.Not be in love with them - that's dangerous. If you're in love with your children, you're in their lives all the time. Leave them alone! Let them grow and make some mistakes. Tell them, "You can come home. My arms are here - and my mouth is too." When you really love them, you don't want to possess them. You don't say, "I love you and I want you here with me."”
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“Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.”
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“Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.”
“Unjust war is to be abhorred; but woe to the nation that does not make ready to hold its own in time of need against all who would harm it! And woe thrice over to the nation in which the average man loses the fighting edge, loses the power to serve as a soldier if the day of need should arise!”
“If you're looking for friends when you need them...it's too late.”