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Here are 14 quotes to get you through this valley of distress and disappointment.

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“If you can rationalize and come to terms with the far greater atrocities committed by Europe and the United States of America, then I have to call into question your scathing reaction to Castro.”

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This is for you, the ones who refuse to sit down when you see injustice, the ones who aren’t afraid to be themselves even if it means being friendless, the ones who are told they are wrong, wrong, wrong all…

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“In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.” —Tina Fey

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Step away from the status update.

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Sometimes you just have to remind yourself that you are awesome.

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“Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.”
—Marlene Dietrich

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No matter what we face, we are capable of far more than we realize. Mandela wrote, “The human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one’s spirit strong even when one’s body is being tested.”

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15. May your choices reflect your hopes not your fears.

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Mandela championed forgiveness and a need for the nation to remember their humanity as the basis for movement.