We are not the sun of our failures and missed opportunities, or our unfinished work. Nor are we made only of our big wins, the handful of things that turned out just like we wanted.
— Becky Blades, Start More Than You Can Finish
We are the sum of the imaginings we ignite and our ideas acted upon. We are the curiosities we chase and the potential that they will illuminate in us.
We are the sum of our starts.
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