"People don’t tell you how much the world is slanted toward 'no.' The number of times we heard 'no' when building Teach For China was huge." - Rachel Wasser, co-founder of Teach For China

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"I knocked on 19,000 doors full-time for 15 months, and that’s how I won the election." - Stanley Chang, Honolulu City Council, District 4

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"In any career transition, what you are gaining potentially in the future is never going to feel as concrete as what you’re giving up now." - David Wertime, Tea Leaf Nation

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