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The Last Lecture - Achieving Your Dreams

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It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand.

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If I could dream about the future, it was a good one.

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Because in my dream, I was playing in the NFL.

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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

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Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

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Brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things.

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The brick walls are not there to keep us out.

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The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough.

The Last Lecture - Achieving Your Dreams

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It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand. If I could dream about the future, it was a good one. Because in my dream, I was playing in the NFL. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. Brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough.

Traducao (Portugues)

Não são as cartas que recebe, mas como joga a mão. Se eu pudesse sonhar com o futuro, era um bom futuro. Porque no meu sonho, eu jogava na NFL. Não podemos mudar as cartas que recebemos, apenas como jogamos. Experiência é o que você ganha quando não conseguiu o que queria. Paredes de tijolos existem por uma razão. Nos permitem provar o quanto queremos algo. As paredes não estão lá para nos impedir. Estão lá para parar quem não quer o suficiente.

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