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“If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill, be a scrub in a valley.  But be the best scrub on the side of the hill.  Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.  If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail.  If you can’t be the sun, be a star.  For it isn’t by size that you win or you fail.  Be the best of whatever you are.” 

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“If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill, be a scrub in a valley.  But be the best scrub on the side of the hill.  Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.  If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail.  If you can’t be the sun, be a star.  For it isn’t by size that you win or you fail.  Be the best of whatever you are.” 

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 “If it falls to your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures.  Sweep streets like Beethoven composed music.  Sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera.  And sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry.  Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of Heaven and Earth will have to pause and say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well.’”

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 “If it falls to your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures.  Sweep streets like Beethoven composed music.  Sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera.  And sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry.  Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of Heaven and Earth will have to pause and say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well.’”

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“Well, life for none of us has been a crystal stair.  But we must keep moving.  We must keep going.  If you can’t fly, run.  If you can’t run, walk.  If you can’t walk, crawl.  But by all means keep on moving.”

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“Well, life for none of us has been a crystal stair.  But we must keep moving.  We must keep going.  If you can’t fly, run.  If you can’t run, walk.  If you can’t walk, crawl.  But by all means keep on moving.”

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“Number one in your life's blueprint should be a deep belief in your own worth, and your own somebodiness.  Don’t allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody.  Always feel that you count. Always feel you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.” 

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“Number one in your life's blueprint should be a deep belief in your own worth, and your own somebodiness.  Don’t allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody.  Always feel that you count. Always feel you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.” 

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I think the speaker is trying to say you shouldn’t try to be something you are not but be the best at being yourself. I think it also talks about how you don't have to be at the top to be great, shrubs are short and below pine trees, however they look prettier than pines. Being true to who you are and what you are good at is important. It is useless to think about how you aren't the best in something when your strengths lie in something else. It also

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You should always give your best effort in everything you do, even if you are sweeping the streets.

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I think the speaker is saying no matter the problem or challenge you face, it is best if you just go straight towards your goal. It doesn't matter how you get there as long as you do.

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The speaker is trying to say that even if somebody doubts their own worth, they hold meaning and value to someone around them whether that be in family or the job they work in. Even if someone feels like they have no value, living your life with the idea that you do can ultimately help someone improve the aspects of their life through positivity and hope. If you feel that you have more control in the things around your life, then you will likely convince yourself to take more initiative of your own life.

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Sometimes people are forced to be in a situation where they have to act like someone they aren't to survive in an environment. For example, in this world people have to do good in school so they can earn a stable living for themselves, however not everyone is academically intelligent, would being true to yourself really be good in this situation, or is it even possible?

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Why should I give my best effort in everything I do?

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Is the Crystal Stair a metaphor for a perfect life?

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Does having a positive mentality significantly change how someone views their worth?

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This quote makes me wonder what people would be doing with their lives if they were given the opportunity to choose what they wanted to do, instead of just following what everyone else does. It also gives me inspiration to do what I want to do with my life and not listen to what others say I should do and not do something just because everyone else is doing it.

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The Quote tells us to always give our best efforts in everything we do, to be the Michelangelo of each and every thing we do. It says to work so hard and be so good that others will recognize your efforts and be impressed.

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This quote gives me inspiration to strive towards my goals. For example, when I picture this quote, I see someone trying to finish a marathon who is exhausted but they still drive themselves towards the finish line.

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This makes me wonder what might others be thinking about their own individual worth. It makes me wonder how much impact someone's words might have on an individual. How someone values themselves is a secret to others around them. Without that knowledge, it makes me realize that everyone should make the effort to articulate their words correctly.

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I think the most important word/phrase is "...or it isn’t by size that you win or you fail.  Be the best of whatever you are." because it sums up the whole quote and essentially says that trying to do something that society expects you to do even if you are not good at isn't what you should set your goals to. You can make big impact in ways that showcase your strengths instead of just trying to do what you or others think you should be good at.

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The amount of effort we put into anything and everything dictates how well we will complete the task ahead of us

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"But by all means, keep on moving" because the author is trying to display determination and trying to motivate us with this phrase.

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I think the most important word/phrase is "Number one in your life's blueprint should be a deep belief in your own worth" because: 

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I think the most important word/phrase is "Number one in your life's blueprint should be a deep belief in your own worth" because: 

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This explains that people should look into their individual belief over what others might have to say. Assessing your worth and that you do have meaning leads to positivity and a healthier way of living. This quote perfectly sums up the idea that living in your own doubt will end in a downward spiral into even more negativity. Your own worth is a direct correlation to how you live the rest of your life.

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It reminds me of this quote from Albert Einstein, "Everybody's a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." because it implies something similar. A person should not just be judged by their ability to do something that people socially accept is something someone should do. Instead, people should be judged by their talent and skill in something they are passionate about or something that they would enjoy putting effort into.

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My father always preached to me that I must always try my best and put in 100 percent effort in everything I do no matter what it is, similarly to what this quote tells its readers to do.

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The Tortoise and the Hare because the Tortoise didn't give up and kept going even though he was slow and eventually beat the Hare.

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My dad has went through his life struggling in America as an immigrant. There were times or stories he's told me where he had doubt in his own abilities. Understanding and appreciating his own worth is where he got to the position he is in today.

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