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Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous New Year!
"Wishing you a Happy New Year bursting with fulfilling and exciting opportunities.
And remember, if opportunity doesn't knock, build a door!"
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
- George Bernard Shaw
"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives, not looking for flaws, but for potential."
- Ellen Goodman
And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
"Everybody needs a passion. That's what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go through life without leaving any footprints."
-Betty White
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