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Someone said, “The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.” Precisely, and they are that which we know. – T.S. Eliot

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In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. – T.S. Eliot

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Presence is more than just being there. – Malcolm S. Forbes, The Further Sayings of Chairman Malcolm

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Dare to turn life on its end, and you may find that topsy-turvy is a truer perspective than turvy-topsy. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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