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41 " I was taught to remember, but never question. Wes was taught to forget, and never ask why. We learned our lessons well and were showing them off to a tee. We sat there, just a few feet from each other, both silent, pondering an absence. "
― Wes Moore , The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
42 " ...he was telling me that our [country's] blood-soaked and atrocity-littered past was important but that the future didn't have to be its slave. "
― Wes Moore
43 " Just stand next to the white people. They'll get off by Hundred and Tenth Street." Justin broke down his strategy for securing a seat as we shoved ourselves onto the crowded Number 2 train heading uptown. "
44 " -After all this pain and heartache, how are you now able to forgive? You seem so at peace with yourself and your life. How are you so able to move on?...-Because Mr. Mandela asked us to. "
45 " But what all these responses have in common is that they point to the decisive power of information and stories [...] "
46 " Boredom in teenage boys is a powerful motivation to create chaos. "
47 " Young boys are more likely to believe in themselves if they know that there’s someone, somewhere, who shares that belief. To carry the burden of belief alone is too much for most young shoulders. "
48 " When we're young, it sometimes seems as if our world doesn't exist outside our city, our block, our house, our room. We make decisions based on what we see in that limited world and follow the only models available. "
49 " don’t do things because they are easy. Nothing done with that motivation is worth doing. There are rare times in our lives when we find ourselves doing things because they need to be done—and something in us calls out to do it "
― Wes Moore , The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters
50 " And I spent a lot of time hurting people who loved me just so I could impress people who didn't even care about me. "
51 " But I pushed myself to tell it all as honestly as possible; to use a cliché, I pushed myself beyond my comfort zone. "
52 " I guess it's hard to distinguish between second chances and last chances "
53 " It's easy to lose control when you were never looking for it in the first place "
54 " try to remember that these are all roles I have chosen—not out of obligation or out of fear, but out of purpose, out of passion, and out of love. "
55 " I want to live an interesting life. "
56 " search it out. I also try to remind myself that while there is always a big-picture ambition or goal on the horizon, it’s important to savor the little moments—the ones that will never come my way again. "
57 " Heroism is simply the idea of living your life with the passion that it deserves. "
58 " I gave him my full American pitch: about how America was a large experiment, and with every generation we struggle to expand and live up to our greatest ideals, to be greater in the future than we were in the past. I told him I fought for my country because I love it, flaws and all. I fought for it because the people who make up our beautiful, diverse tapestry deserve to be fought for. I fought for it so that this experiment can continue, so that we have a chance to become the country that my grandparents dreamed of and that my grandchildren deserve. "
59 " ourselves. That’s a sign that we may have found the work of our lives. We will accomplish this mission. And not because someone gave me permission, but because I finally gave myself permission. "
60 " My father had been my Moses, bringing me to life. Then my grandfather became my Joshua, carrying me through my childhood and teen years into adulthood. "