“What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.”
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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
Henry David Thoreau 
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
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