What Happened

by Hillary Rodham Clinton

began to look ahead with hope, instead of backward with regret.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

even if something looks like a solitary sport, it’s a team effort.

I did it because when you clear away all the petty and not-so-petty reasons not to run—all the headaches, all the obstacles—what was left was something too important to pass up. It was a chance to do the most good I would ever be able to do.

Every time I see my husband and daughter laugh over some private joke that only they know . . . every time I overhear a conversation between them, two lightning-quick

minds testing each other . . . every time I see him look at her with total love and devotion . . . I’m reminded again that I chose exactly the right person to have a family with.

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“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

“In the words of Secretary Clinton, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance in the world to pursue your dreams,” she told the class of 2017. “You are rare and unique. Let yourself be flawed. Go proudly and confidently into the world with your blinding hues to show everyone who’s boss and break every glass ceiling that still remains.”