We cannot always bend the world into the shapes we want, but we can try. We can make a concerted and real and true effort. Always just try, because you never know.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Wellesley College Commencement 2015, 2015
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Adichie told the story of leaving medical school in Nigeria — a deeply unconventional decision in a country where getting into medical school is extremely difficult. She realized she would be a very unhappy doctor and didn't want to be responsible for the inadvertent death of her patients. People later called her courageous, but what she felt at the time was simply 'a desire to make an effort. To try.' She took the American exams, got a scholarship, and came to the US to study writing. It might not have worked out — but the point is that she tried.
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