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You're gonna fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the number of times you get back up.

You leave this school as well-armed for battle as anyone is. Nobody really knows anything more than you do. Everyone is just making it up as they go along. Figure it out.

Stay obsessed. That thing you can't stop thinking about? Keep indulging it. Obsession is the better part of success. You will be great at the things that you can't not do.

Do one thing every day that scares you, and in the process, become the action hero of your own life.

Hopes, dreams, and aspirations are evenly distributed throughout the entire world. But what is not is justice, opportunity, and working systems.

If you don't know it's impossible, it's easier to do.

Make good art. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art.

Keep in mind what Victor Hugo said: 'Popularity is the crumbs of greatness.'

Use your imagination. Don't be afraid. The failures that we may have will result in success someday.

Everyone you need is in this room. These are the shiny, more important people. We can't help it — we burn very brightly. Please don't ever stop.

Silence is the vital precursor to voice. Gather your voice in your silence. Listen to it in your own head before you give it away.

When you feel scared, hold someone's hand and look into their eyes. And when you feel brave, do the same thing.