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last updated: November 28, 2023

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.
-- Dave Pelzer

Source : "The Privilege of Youth". Book by Dave Pelzer, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2004.

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Families don't have to match. You don't have to look like someone else to love them.
-- Leigh Anne Tuohy

Source : "'Blind Side' Story's Real-Life Happy Ending: Super Bowl Victory". abcnews.go.com. February 4, 2013.

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“Everyone has a story that makes me stronger. I know that the work I do is important and I enjoy it, but it is nice to hear the feedback of what we do to inspire others.”
“To most of you, your neighbor is a stranger, a guy with a barkin' dog and a high fence around him. Now you can't be a stranger to any guy that's on your own team. So tear down the fence that separates you. Tear down the fence and you'll tear down a lot of hates and prejudices. Tear down all the fences in the country and you'll really have teamwork.”
“Perhaps the greatest paradox of all is that there are paradoxes in mathematics.”
“The cheerful loser is the winner.”
“The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“if the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having.”
“Yes. But sad's alright. Sad's just apart of everything”
“Eventually I went back to high school. I went to a coaching center in my neighborhood. I had to leave the homeless situation because it was so bad and I knew that I was falling deeper and deeper.”

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“The searing light of morning Asks unwelcome questions, Fragile hopes soon blistered by daylight.”

Source : Scott Hastie, “Out There”
“Once you've raced, you never forget it...and you never get over it.”