Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It's about doing, bein…

Eleanor Roosevelt
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Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It's about doing, being and becoming. It's about t Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
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