“Your parents may have created you, but they don't define you.”
“when you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.”
“Henry, this isn't about us. I mean it is, but they don't define you by the button you wear. They define you by what you do, by what your actions say about you. And coming here, despite your parents, says a lot to them- and me. And they're Americans first. They don't see you as the enemy. They see you as a person.”
“Your life is given to you by your parents. If you don't want to live, you have to ask them first.”
“Don't let your failures define you.”
“your mistakes don't define who you are.”