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> [“Perhaps defining a self begins with simply making the first choice, simply rising up and deciding what you desire, and then methodically, like writing, putting one word after the other until you have created a whole self and a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-rosenthal/perhaps-defining-a-self-begins-with-simply-making-the-first-choice/)

Michele Rosenthal

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## More by Michele Rosenthal

> [“Perhaps defining a self begins with simply making the first choice, simply rising up and deciding what you desire, and then methodically, like writing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-rosenthal/perhaps-defining-a-self-begins-with-simply-making-the-first-choice/)

Michele Rosenthal

> [“The power we discover inside ourselves as we survive a life-threatening experience can be utilized equally well outside of crisis, too. I am, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-rosenthal/the-power-we-discover-inside-ourselves-as-we-survive-a-life/)

Michele Rosenthal

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