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Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.
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inspiration
inspirational
smart
understanding
wise
acceptance
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J.K. Rowling |
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I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.
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bright
country
education
marriage
smart
war
young-women
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Khaled Hosseini |
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It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.
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smart
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Katherine Paterson |
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"Hugh consoled me, saying, "Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at." When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. He says he can probably come up with a few more, but he'll need some time to think."
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iq
smart
talent
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David Sedaris |
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But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.
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smart
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Veronica Roth |
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"As Alaska zipped through something obvious about linear equations, stoner/baller Hank Walsten said, "Wait, wait. I don't get it." "That's because you have eight functioning brain cells." "Studies show that Marijuana is better for your health than those cigarettes," Hank said. Alaska swallowed a mouthful of fries, took a drag on her cigarette, and blew a smoke at Hank. "I may die young," she said. "But at least I'll die smart. Now, back to tangents."
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cigarettes
life
smart
smoking
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John Green |
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I'd had years of practise looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn't know. It's a skill of mine. Annabeth keeps telling me to read a book of Greek myths, but I don't see the need. It's easier just to have folks explain stuff.
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demigod-diaries
gods
greek-myths
percy-jackson
smart
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Rick Riordan |
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I lack formal education. So I'm left with the feeling that I'm smarter than everyone around me but that if I ever got around really smart people--people who went to universities and drank wine and spoke Latin--that they'd be bored as hell by me. It's a lonely way to go through life.
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gillian-flynn
lonliness
smart
smartness
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Gillian Flynn |
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You're funny, and you're smart, and you may show up late, but you always show up eventually.
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funny
late
show-up
smart
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John Green |
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Don't be angry, Finnula had said, be smart.
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smart
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Sarah J. Maas |
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Life without any wonder left in it is flat and stale.
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real-life
realistic
smart
true
truth
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David Eddings |
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Well, this is basically the end, so the answers should be in these next few pages. I doubt they will surprise you, but you never know. I don't know how smart or thick you are. You could be Albert Einstein for all I know, or some literary prizewinner, or maybe you're just middle of the road like me.
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answers
end
know
middle-of-the-road
pages
smart
surprise
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Markus Zusak |
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Galinda didn't see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection instead. She had the nearsightedness of youth. She reasoned that because she was beautiful she was significant, though what she signified, and to whom, was not clear yet...She was, after all, on her way to Shiz because she was smart. But there was more than one way to be smart.
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fiction
maguire
selfishness
smart
wicked
young
youth
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Gregory Maguire |
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Real smart begins when you quit quoting other people.
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pygmy
quote
smart
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Chuck Palahniuk |
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He asked about the newspaper strike, and true to form, he couldn't understand why both parties didn't simply communicate with each other and solve their problems. I told him not everyone was as smart as he was.
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negotiate
parties
problem
smart
solve
strike
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Mitch Albom |
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"Her mother's injunction on competing with other girls is a challenge, a gauntlet thrown down: "You just have to be smarter than the ones who are prettier and prettier than the ones who are smarter"
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female-success
mother
pretty
smart
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Mary Karr |
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"Sometimes good men need to do things that aren't good. Right?" I ruffle his hair. Luis is way more innocent than I was at his age. "You know, I think you're gonna be the smartest Fuentes yet, little bro."
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brother
good-men
little-brother
luis-fuentes
smart
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Simone Elkeles |
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Of the Phoenix kids, the one Derek got along best with was Daniel. In him, Daniel had found a good sparring partner. And a plotting partner, too. Derek wasn't just the biggest and strongest in our group. He was also the smartest. Scary, off-the-charts smart. That intimidated Daniel a little at first--he's bright, but he needs to work for his grades. But Derek wasn't a show-off or a know-it-all, so they got past that and we would hang out together, the two guys, Chloe, and I planning and plotting our future, bouncing ideas off one another.
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derek
friends
smart
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