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I think a child should be allowed to take his fathers or mothers n

I think a child should be allowed to take his fathers or mothers name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction. – James Joyce

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I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day. – James Joyce

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Think youre escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. – James Joyce

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Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth. – Mason Cooley

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Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life. – Robert Byrne

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The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months. – Giacomo Casanova

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Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better. – Julius Erving

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