"Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know."

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"Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know."

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"Only those who want everything done for them are bored."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

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"They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday."

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"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."

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