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la gente cuando muere realmente no va al cielo
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el exito
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No hay caminos para la paz; la paz es el camino (Mahatma Gandhi)
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Mi familia y amigos
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los cambios y los relatos abren la puerta a nuevas oportunidades
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el ser feliz con lo que me gusta hacer
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Greatness is not defined by success but the ability to impact
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Mathematics inspire
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“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” -Leonardo da Vinci
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People working hard/not giving up in order to achieve their dreams. People doing what they love.
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I don’t really have a favorite quote I like a lot o different quotes.
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Other CSO and my mom to reach my goals
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“Don’t hope it happens make it happen”
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MRs Lisa
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“You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that’s where you’ll find things more important than what you want” -Ging Freecs
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The people and environment has inspires me to continue to be the person I am today.
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Once it’s a memory, it’s never gone.
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I’m inspired by young people making change in their community because it shows that I can make change too.
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be the change you wish to see in the world
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outdoors
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“There are no limits to what you can accomplish except the limits you place on your own thinking.”
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The people around me inspire me the most.
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – Albus Dumbledore
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My best friends, Rebecca Sugar, and my mom.
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“I never look back darling, it distracts from the now” -Edna Mode (“The Incredibles”)
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My inspiration is my mom because she is such a hard worker and she is so caring.
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“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
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My mom and dad
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Eventually someone will find out the truth, it could be you. -Craig Whitman
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The thing that inspires me most is truly the unknown. There is so much hidden beneath the waves, the soil of the earth, and past the clouds. Now that we are to t he point where everyday something knew is being created and something knew is being discovered I’m excited to see what I can do to add to that.
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Whenever you get down in life know you can always get back up
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My family
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“Believe you can and you’re halfway there” – Theodore Roosevelt
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To be like the people I look up to and always being myself at everything I do.
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“If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be” ~Maya Angelou
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My family
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“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.” – Leigh Bardugo
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The future generations of STEM lovers is what inspires me. I want to be a positive influence that encourages younger kids to love STEM just as much as I do.
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“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” -Arthur Ashe
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Poetry inspires me. Both reading and writing it.
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“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” -Albert Einstein
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My inspiration is those around me. I do things for others, motivated by my own growing knowledge and my ability to help others.
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“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?” -Michelle Obama
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I am inspired by the possibility for progress. If I am not content with how I am or how my surroundings are, I have the ability to change that, and that very possibility inspires me to take advantage of my ability.
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Cheaters Never Win
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What inspires me is all of the things around me in the world that I can try to fix. For example, I see a lot pollution in the oceans and many plants, animals, and water sources are suffering from it. This makes me want to help the planet, so in 6th grade I created the Water Heroes club that could make students learn and help the environment.
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Don’t just hope it happens. Make it happen!
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My family
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“I’m past patiently waitin’ I’m passionately smashin’ every expection. Every action’s an act of creation.”
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Music and success inspires me.
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“The way to get started is to quit talking and being doing.”- Walt Disney
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My Dad Inspires me to keep working hard
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Sometimes sorry isn’t enough
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Seeing people are working hard and trying to show me how
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“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.”
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לדור ודור״ From generation to generation
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Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
-Nolan Bushnell
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I am inspired by the unknown. I wake up motivated by the mysteries of the future and the change that is yet to come.
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What happens in the dark always comes to light
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Other engineers
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The common goes nowhere, you have to be uncommon.-Herb Brooks
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Being a good leader and helping in my community.
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She believed she could so she did.
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Learning inspires me because there is so much unknown.
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I don’t have a specific quote that is my favorite.
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People who are ready to stand up for what they believe in.
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“Don’t just HOPE it happens-MAKE it happen!”
-Kelly Greene
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Teaching the many opportunities found in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics is what inspires me to be a CSO.
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I don’t really have a favorite, but one I really like is “The one thing that doesn’t apply to majority rule is a person’s conscience.” -To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
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It sounds pretty cheesy, but what really inspires me is mom, but also the desire to really do something. When I get older, I hope to have new opportunities that take me somewhere, rather than just sit around and do nothing. I think that what I really look forward to in life is becoming my own person and experiencing things for my self and my mom understands that that’s important and lets me choose things for myself in the way that I think parents should, which in a way, makes me want to be like her.
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Do or do not, there is no try.Do or do not, there is no try.Do or do not, there is no try.Do or do not, there is no try.
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having fun and learning new things
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Medio ambientes
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Proteger el planeta
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El éxito es estar a gusto con tu propia vida
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El pode ser mejor cada día y superar las metas que me propongo
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Be the change you wish to see in the world.
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Science and learning!
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“The hapiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts”:
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mi familia
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when do we get started
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to make a difference in school
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never stop questioning
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me self
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To have something you’ve never had you have to do something you’ve never done
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Do more with my life
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“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated” – Maya Angelou
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To get a better education than my family.
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You can do anything in god who strengthens you.
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The graduate that is igiven when we are done
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“Perhaps it requires such depths of oppression to create such heights of character”
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Finding reason in characteristics of the world that appear to be random.
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“Be the change you wish to see in the world”
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The feeling of excitement that results from solving a hard problem or discovering something new.
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Programacion? No entiendo esta pregunta :(
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Aprender nuevas tecnologias para poder usarlas para algo bueno ya sea para mi o para el mundo
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El deporte: taekwondo
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Las personas que ya cumplieron su sueño y terminaron si carrera
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We all bleed the same color
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Single mothers
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Valora lo que te hace diferente
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Mi alrededor
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“you will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.” Maya Angelou
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my mom inspires me
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No esperes a que suceda, haz que suceda.
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La ciencia y las artes musicales.
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“You are born to be real, not to be perfect” Min Yoongi
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Lo que mas me inspira es mi familia por que ellos han pasado por muchas cosas y admiro bastante como las superan y siguen adelante.
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“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Coach Hagenow from St. Peter’s Lutheran and Coach Butcher from Crush basketball
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Yo puedo
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Mi familia
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” Don’t say the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon”
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People who do the impossible
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Time spent with cats is never wasted – Benjamin Franklin
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The world around me and the problems I see inspire me.
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Never give up.
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People who acheive a lot.
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“CSO’s don’t just hope it happens, they make it happen”
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My inspiration is all of the successful scientist who have made great discoveries in their field.
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Dare to dream, dare to do.
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My mother because she is so hardworking, and she makes such a big impact in a dominantly male workspace.
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“Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.” -Angie Thomas, “The Hate U Give”
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I am inspired by people who always strive to make the world a better place and who will be remembered for their positive impact on society. I am definitely inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama and their seemingly endless hope, determination, and passion for equality on all fronts. I am also inspired by other kids my age who are making a difference now like Greta Thunberg.
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“Seek happy nights to happy days”
– William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet)
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I am inspired by my friends, especially my CSOs, who are full of amazing, creative ideas. I’m also inspired by the world around me, notably the problems. Although that may sound a little weird, there is no reason for innovation if there are no problems– I believe that we should. allow issues and difficulties to inspire us, and lead us to great new things.
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No te rindas
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La naturaleza
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Ad astra per aspera
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NASA, SpaceX, all aspects of space and the possibility of what might be out there.
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No te dejes opacar por nadie.
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Ver a las personas lograr lo que se proponen.
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“Everything is theoretically impossible until it is done.” – Robert A. Heinlein
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I am inspired by those who step out of their comfort zones and explore new ideas and concepts that others thought couldn’t be done.
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“I didn’t fail. I just found 100 ways to not invent a light bulb.” – Benjamin Franklin
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My parents.
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Work hard, play hard
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Family
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my family and friends
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”- Albert Einstein
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My inspiration is my goals and what I would be if I achieve them.
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“Be the change you wish to see in the world,” by Mahatma Gandhi
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People inspire me and so does nature.
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”- Eleanor Roosevelt
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My goal of becoming a doctor inspires me to always keep pushing and persevering. To always work hard and to never give up on my dreams.
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“Leave knowing that you gave it your all.”
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I’m inspired by seeing the kindness and empathy of people around me in my day-to-day life. I love how people unite in the worst of times.
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“Everything that is or was began with a dream” -Lava girl from the movie ” The adventures of Shark boy and Lava girl”
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My parents inspire me because they show me to be true to myself no matter what
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“Believe you can and you’re halfway there” – Theodore Roosevelt
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My mother inspires me.
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Any quote by Tim Burton
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To be able to come past hardships faced within life and anxiety to eventually become one of the truly great people.
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El arte
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“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.”
– Maya Angelou
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One of my most important sources of inspiration is my family. My parents and sister serve as a huge inspiration because of how hardworking all of them are; they also provide me with new ideas that help me learn and grow.
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You’re killing me smalls
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Family
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“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed” (Francis Bacon)
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I am inspired by all the innovation in STEM happening in our world.
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Be yourself. An original is much better then a copy.
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Everyone who is different from the norm. They are always up for scrutiny and show me courage and want me to be ok with being perfectly comfortable in all my flaws and quirks.
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Leer
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Me inspira el hecho de que los alumnos se interesen en aprender sobre la ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería, música y matemáticas
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself. – Galileo
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Knowing that I don’t know so much information inspires me to continue learning.
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“What’s past is prologue”
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The future
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“The best time for new beginnings is now.”
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My inspiration is to be able to make a change and keep improving myself to be better. To help others and to make and impact is what inspires me.
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“Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die tomorrow”. James Dean
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People. Mostly my friends and family, but I really try to look for inspiration from everyone including my friend who is a musical prodigy and was recently accepted to Berkley College of Music; my grandpa who grew up in immense poverty, put himself through college, then started a business that is now a global cooperation; my mom who is somehow able to run our entire family; my teachers who put up with us high school students; and so many more I’m forgetting to name but am inspired by them every day.
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Life to short to have regrets.
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My parents inspires me.
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Life is about using the whole box of crayons.
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People that inspire me are the people who know their worth and don’t treat others horribly that are below them. Other people who inspire me are people who are creative and swift thinkers.
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me enseñaron a sonreír todo el tiempo, esto te hará mucho más feliz, aun cuando no se necesite serlo
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A luchar por mis sueños Min yoongi
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if it doesn’t challenge you it will never change you
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my parents and DHAR MANN(american entrepreneur)
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Nunca vas a saber cuáles son tus límites si no lo intentas
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Salir adelante y sentirme orgullosa de mi misma
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No pain no gain
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The thought of building things.
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“If I had a thousand tongues, and each tongue were a thousand thunderbolts, and each thunderbolt had a thousand voices, I would use them all today to help you understand a loyal and misrepresented and misjudged people.”- Joseph C. Price
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People actively working towards a community-benefitting goal inspires me to do the same.
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“A place where someone still thinks about you is a place you can call home” -Jiraiya
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The thought of having a bright future.
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“Messy is fun, okay? My whole life is a giant mess, and I love it.” (Andy Dwyer, Parks and Rec)
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Pioneering women–not just in STEAM fields.
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“Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can.” -Hillary Clinton
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All of the strong and courageous people in my life have inspired me greatly. The desire to make them proud keeps me motivated every day.
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“Sé el cambio que quieres ver en el mundo” Mahatma Gandhi
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Saber que puedo hacer un cambio para el bien de mi comunidad
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No esperes que suceda, has que suceda
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Nunca esperas a que todo te llegue de un día para otro sin hacer nada tu para lograrlo.
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They said don’t give up on my so I went back to sleep.
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I certain person in my life that I care about like my family and other friends.
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“No esperes a que suceda,haz que suceda”.
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El orgullo para mis padres
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“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” ~Albert Einstein
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I am inspired by the ambition and perseverance of humans as well as our capacity for selflessness and goodwill.
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“Legacy. What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.“
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Seeing science driving beneficial policy changes and projects we’ve worked hard on come to fruition.
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“Don’t let fear stop you from doing the thing you love.” – Mr. Moon
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What inspires me is knowing that I can be a way maker and a guide for those who need one. We can be trailblazers.
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