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Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

Alexis Carrel

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Motivational
Drill
Willing
Leaps
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Drills
Life
Inertia
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Rock
Rocks
Positive
Geysers

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