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Inspiration from a legend

"I wear zero becomes it lets me know I need to go out there and fight everyday."

-Gilbert Arenas

Inspiration from a true story

All she wanted was a bit of earth.

She cried out for the green mother who had already given her so much. She fought for those whispers in the wind, and when she got it, when she got her bit of earth, it was hers.

Neigh sayers thought it wouldn't do any good. They didn't think there was a point to tucking something into a pocket of space where other, more functional businesses could thrive. But it wasn't profit she sought.

It was years later, when someone very sick, needed a quiet place to rest. The park was built for them.

It's 100 years later, when the little tree in the middle of the surrounding path, would grow into its full oak potential, and become a new generation's backbone. The park was built for them.

It was the pride she felt on the day when the sun was warm and high, the air was soft and crisp, and her smile was in her heart.

The park was built for her.

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“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

- Reinhold Niebuhr

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A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

- Bob Dylan

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

- Leonardo da Vinci

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

— William James

Inspiration from a legend

"And the competition didn't stop there. And my younger sister Ross, never wanted to be by herself. She took classes to graduate from high school with me, to go to the University of North Carolina with me, and to graduate prior than me. Now you guys sit and ask me where my competition or my competitive nature comes from - it came from them. It came from my older sister ... my father ... "

-Michael Jordan's induction into the Hall of Fame, explaining where his drive came from

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Inspiration from a true story

An example of his philosophy can be encompasses in a simple wardrobe choice. The man, for God's sake, skis in jeans. When teased and laughed at, he smirks, with an honest charm and piquant gusto of the child that lives within him.

"I know I can wear jeans because I know I won't fall."

Down the mountain, through slopes and terrain, surpassing pine and pedestrians, he makes it look as if he's gliding down the side of the beast. He shifts his weight to tailor to the unexpected bumps and sharp turns that come as if out of nowhere. The cold brittle air whips past his face; the elements aim to bring him down; a glare that usually overawes mortals: prove to be no match to the solider on skis. When he finds himself on the belle neige terra firma, he stands, unstained with watermarks or bruises from a stumbled journey.

Actually, he stands, blue jeans triumphant,

despite a mountain of temptation.

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And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

-Nelson Mandela

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You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’

- George Bernard Shaw

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“A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.”

-Ever Garrison