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"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion."
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"When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed."

"Every misfortune is a fortune."

"Don't conform. Don't live in a small dirty pond when the ocean of life is lovingly inviting you."

"No matter how disappointing you believe your life currently is, it is never too late to start reshaping it to become an amazing testimony."

"To change yourself, let go of what you are and accept what you want to be."

"Things don't only change, they also change you; sometimes for good, sometimes not."

"We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet. It's staggering how the Recovery Act is driving change."
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"Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing."

"It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important."

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."

"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way."

"In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools."
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