<ul><li>We don’t just choose the things we like; we also like the things we choose.</li><li>Your brain is like a dog. It needs to be trained, and that requires repetition.</li><li>“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me is an invincible summer.”&nbsp;- Albert Camus</li><li>“It might be lonelier without the loneliness.”&nbsp;- Emily Dickinson</li></ul>

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