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  • Hate is a cancer that spreads one cell at a time.

    Hate   Cancer   Cells  
  • Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.

    Effort   Purpose   Vain  
  • Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

  • There's a lot of Dave mania when I speak.

    Speak   Dave   Mania  
  • Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

    "The Privilege of Youth". Book by Dave Pelzer, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2004.
  • The most beautiful highway in the world

    Dave Pelzer (1993). “A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive”, p.14, Health Communications, Inc.
  • Mother can beat me all she wants, but I haven’t let her take away my will to somehow survive.

    Mother   Abuse   Want  
    Dave Pelzer (1993). “A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive”, p.4, Health Communications, Inc.
  • Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.

    Two   Tragedy  
    "'Help Yourself' author Dave Pelzer". Live chat, www.cnn.com. September 6, 2001.
  • I believe that no matter how many mistakes we’ve made; how badly we’ve really, really screwed up; how old, worn out, or dejected we’ve become; as long as there is true, steadfast ambition, all of us have an opportunity for greatness.

    Dave Pelzer (2010). “Moving Forward: Taking The Lead In Your Life”, p.10, Hachette UK
  • I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.

    Wife   Former   Stills  
    "'Help Yourself' author Dave Pelzer". Live chat, www.cnn.com. September 6, 2001.
  • I just don't want to forget this first day of the rest of my life!

    Want   Firsts   Forget  
    Dave Pelzer (1997). “The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family”, p.76, Health Communications, Inc.
  • Your going to be fine.I promise you."- with my finger I made an X sign on my chest-"cross my heart and hope to die,you have my word.You don't deserve to live like that,and we're going to turn things around.

    Heart   Promise   Crosses  
    Dave Pelzer (1999). “A Man Named Dave”, p.323, Penguin
  • I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

  • You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect you for the rest of your life.

    Dave Pelzer (1997). “The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family”, p.57, Health Communications, Inc.
  • I am proud of who you were, David-that hurt person who refused to "die." And I'm more caring, giving, fixing person, the guy with the same sense of humor and that deft, sensitive touch. Good on you, David I love you.

    Hurt   Love You   Caring  
  • In life you are going to make mistakes, you're going to fall down, but it's the getting up that counts. Just like in baseball: you'll get a few hits, but most likely, you'll strike out more than you'll get on base. But don't quit. Find your focus, relax, take a deep breath and give it a good swing

    Baseball   Mistake   Fall  
  • ...and deliver me from evil." "Amen.

    Evil   Amen  
    Dave Pelzer (1993). “A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive”, p.153, Health Communications, Inc.
  • Draw Support From Those You Know And Trust. Don't Leave Your Happiness To Fate.

    Fate   Support   Draws  
  • I told myself no matter what she did i would not let the b**** take me down

  • I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.

    Years   Hours  
  • I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune.

    Lying   Fame   Fortune  
    "I was never about boo hoo hoo" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2008.
  • One could come from less than humble beginnings, to become a winner from within.

    "Child abuse as entertainment" by Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2001.
  • One Child's courage to survive.

    "A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage To Survive". Book by Dave Pelzer, www.slate.com. 1995.
  • When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.

  • Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.

    "No pain, no gain". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2004.
  • I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, that it's O.K. to be pluggish.

  • David what your mother did to you was wrong. Verry wrong.No child deserves to be treated like that. She's sick.

    Mother   Children   Sick  
  • Something good comes out of every crisis.

    Crisis  
  • I am a very shy, introverted guy.

    Guy   Shy   Introverted  
    "No pain, no gain". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. February 15, 2004.
  • The Stovepipe is a memoir full of laughter and tears and a moving story of sisterly love as well as their will to survive.

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