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My limited capacity to learn.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Hilary Swank
Actor
When things are disappointing, I know they are happening for a reason, so I try to find out why and learn from them.
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
Not yet being able to sing in a free Cuba.
Not playing James Bond.
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View profile →My mother. I am always fascinated by her, and I get schooled every time I’m around her.
A coming together of global consciousness.
A deep awareness of all things beautiful and painful.
Inconsequential things like whether my basketball team, the Portland Trail Blazers, can get it together for the play-offs.
When I was working hard, I was going so fast that I didn’t absorb a lot.
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