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We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind. – Thornton Wilder

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Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success. – Thornton Wilder

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Everybody thinks Im at deaths door, but Im not. Theres nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie! – Bobby Darin

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He who doesnt fear death dies only once. – Giovanni Falcone

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