"Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives."

People, End, Rest, Teachers

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"Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives."

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