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I’VE LOST FAITH in the saying “You’re only as old as you think you are,” ever since I got old. It is a saying with a fine heritage. It goes right back to the idea of the Power of Positive Thinking, which is so strong in America because it
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“It should not be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led West.”
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“Please remember: things are not what they seem.”
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― 1Q84
“If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.”
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― 1Q84
“A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.”
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― 1Q84
“It is not that the meaning cannot be explained. But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words.”
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― 1Q84
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