I had been writing since I was pretty small, and I've always been telling these stories about doors … - Ransom Riggs

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The women on that list are amazing, so to be on it for the first time and have this position is crazy. I'm not one to walk around and strut like Miss Thing, so I'm pretty humbled.

Ransom Riggs

I had been writing since I was pretty small, and I've always been telling these stories about doors and finding other worlds within our own.

Doors, Other Worlds, Small, Worlds, Writing

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I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was. Likewise, I never imagined that home might be something I would miss.

Dream, Escaping, Extraordinary, Home, Ordinary, Used

Sometimes it's better not to look back.

Back, Look, Looks, Sometimes

If I'd kept my heart better armored, where would I be now?

Armored, Heart, Ifs, Kept, My Heart

Sometimes you just need to go through a door.

Door, Doors, Needs, Sometimes

I was here for a reason. There was something I was meant not simply to be, but to do- and it wasn't to run or hide or give up the minute things seemed terrifying and impossible.

Give, Giving Up, Impossible, Meant, Running, Terrifying

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John Frederick Demartini

I don't care if you're a parent giving to a child, a worker to a company, or a romantic to a lover, this behavior eventually leads to resentment. There's always a hidden agenda of What's in it for me? It's often suppressed, and this is why sacrifice is ultimately unwise and incomplete. Does this mean that there's no such thing as altruism, philanthropy, or generosity? No, it just means that anytime these exist, so do egocentricity, misanthropy, and greed. There's always a balancing force, even if it's sometimes hidden or unconscious.

Balancing, Child, Children, Mean, Sacrifice, Suppressed

Stephen R. Donaldson

The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling

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David Brooks

Basically, global capitalism, basically to support it, or is it to be opposed? Is international order to be supported, or is it to be opposed? Republicans have taken a very clear line. Democrats can have a different version of the line, or they can just say, no, we are the party of international peace and activism, and we're the party that's going to have a civilized capitalism.

Clear, Order, Party, Supported, Taken

Kano Jigoro

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

Art, Easily, Employ, Opponent, Opponents, Principles

Marisa Miller