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That things change.
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What lesson has mattered most in your life?Originally asked
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Leader of the National League for Democracy; Nobel Peace Prize laureate; State Counsellor of Myanmar, 2016–2021
Of the sweets of adversity, and let me say that these are not numerous, I have found the sweetest, the most precious of all, is the lesson I learnt on the value of kindness.
Simon Boas
Aid worker; executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid
All our tombs will be unvisited in a few years - all our actions will mostly be unremembered - but the smile you gave the checkout lady or the kind words you gave to a stranger in the street could still be rippling forward. We all have that opportunity and it's a huge power.
Evolve or perish.
Whenever things seem absolutely terrible, to see that you’re alive and that’s all that matters.
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Not scrolling on my phone as much as I do.
An ambulance driver.
When my children were small and used to play together, be creative, and were just in that innocent bubble.
A gazillion years ago I was in Gucci with Melanie Blatt, and I attempted to sit down on a chair that wasn’t there. I did a full-on stuntwoman backward roll, landed in a ball of the floor and laughed so hard I wet myself. Everybody in the shop moved to a different section.
Some of those late nights.
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