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“Don’t let life’s unfairness, don’t let how poor you are decide who you are. You choose who you will be, Aladdin. Will you be a hero who looks after the weak and powerless? Will you be a thief? Will you be a beggar—or worse? It’s up to you, not the things—or people—around you. You can choose to be something more.”
She walked with the grace of a cloud in the wind, like her body weighed nothing at all, and held her head high with easy dignity.
“You’ve heard of the Golden Rule, haven’t you? Whoever has the gold makes the rules!”
he didn’t give up hope. The same endless expectation of good things that had kept his mother struggling until she died was in his blood, as well.
You just have to make sure that at least sometimes you’re on the good side of getting. For you.”
“There’s another way. You don’t have to choose this life. You could be something more.”
Having the freedom to choose is better than having everything you want.”
